Taxi and ambulance drivers have the lowest risk of Alzheimer's when compared to other professions, likely because of how they think.
'The hippocampus is like a muscle and they’re using that memory muscle all the time,' said Professor Luke O' Neill .Taxi and ambulance drivers have the lowest risk of developing Alzheimer's when compared to other professions, likely because of how they think when in work.
In a survey of over nine million people which compared 443 professions, taxi and ambulance drivers were found to be the two professions with the lowest“It's clearly to do with their knowledge in their brains, because taxi drivers have mental maps of cities,” he said.A post shared by Newstalk A trainee taxi driver doing 'The Knoweldge' in London. York Way, Kings Cross, London, UK. Image: Pete Jenkins / Alamy. 24 November 2007 He said that bus drivers and airplane pilots do not see the same benefits, likely because they service the same routes every day or rely heavily on GPS systems.“Now, you might say, why would that be? Bus drivers follow the same route every day, whereas a taxi driver or an ambulance driver has to be much more varied quickest way.”According to Prof O’Neill, the results of this survey seem to suggest that we should try to navigate without using digital tools.“Then the hippocampus is where your memory bank is and in taxi drivers’ brains then, their hippocampus have these maps that have been laid down as a memory store if you know what I mean. “Therefore, they’re able to use that hippocampus more – it's like a muscle really and they’re using that memory muscle all the time.” Prof O’Neill said that un-addressed hearing loss can increase a person’s chances of Alzheimer’s, as well as high cholesterol, obesity, depression, smoking and social isolation.
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