Signs of Sir Terry Pratchett's dementia may have been hidden in his books - new study
January 29, 2026
January 29, 2026
LOUGHBOROUGH, England, Jan. 29 -- Loughborough University issued the following news release:
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Signs of Sir Terry Pratchett's dementia may have been hidden in his books - new study
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Led by Loughborough University's Dr Thom Wilcockson, researchers examined the "lexical diversity" - a measure of how varied an author's word choices are - of 33 books from Pratchett's Discworld series, focusing specifically on his . . .
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Signs of Sir Terry Pratchett's dementia may have been hidden in his books - new study
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Led by Loughborough University's Dr Thom Wilcockson, researchers examined the "lexical diversity" - a measure of how varied an author's word choices are - of 33 books from Pratchett's Discworld series, focusing specifically on his . . .