Pre-Dementia Linked to Certain Personality Traits in a Study Newsweek - June 03, 2020 Emmeline Ayers, M.P.H., comments on her study finding an association between some personality traits and the risk of developing motoric cognitive risk, a pre-dementia syndrome that affects gait and cognition. Ms. Ayers is principal associate in The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology. More coverage on this story Fox News Atlanta Journal-Constitution