Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer's
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Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer's
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Re: Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer's
#2Something with more data:
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#3Can video games provide similar benefits?
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#4The ones that do stopped being taxi drivers.
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#5Seems strange to me that a specific type of thinking could influence something where most causes being investigated are physical
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#6Taxi driver also live shorter lives than average, which would fit with lower levels of alzheimers. But interesting link nonetheless.
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#7Can video games provide similar benefits?
I’m sure Crazy Taxi provides the same benefits! :)
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#8Seems strange to me that a specific type of thinking could influence something where most causes being investigated are physical
Perhaps specific types of thinking cause somewhat sustained brain activity during waking hours that mitigates adverse physical changes leading to Alzheimer’s.
The opposite of this is how sleep and unconsciousness allows the brain to perform cerebrospinal fluid transfer based maintenance routines via the glymphatic system, and why sleep is important to neural health.
https://www.science.org/content/article/scientists-uncover-h...
Re: Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer's
#9The ones that do stopped being taxi drivers.
I would assume that the task of being a taxi driver would act as a near constant test for Alzheimer’s, would be interesting to do GWAS studies on older taxi drivers and compare against taxi drivers who quit earlier in their careers.
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#10Seems strange to me that a specific type of thinking could influence something where most causes being investigated are physical
Not strange when you realize thinking is also physical.