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It's not really explained in TFA, but it has been considered at least: > Prof Gill Livingston [said] “It is not just that more educated people do more cognitiv

by OJFord 3y ago

It's not really explained in TFA, but it has been considered at least: > Prof Gill Livingston [said] “It is not just that more educated people do more cognitively stimulating jobs – they do – but cognitive stimulation in work through problem solving and new situations has an effect by itself.

EVyesnoyesnoyes 3y ago
Knowing more languages also helps and could be the same effect: The more interconnections you have, the more you can compensate. A bike can be reached through different types of bikes, different names of bikes, different experiences with bikes.
- yawboakye 3y ago
  anecdotally, i find this statement quite dubious. i speak two languages natively but only think in one. two other languages i know proficiently, and they never come to mind naturally except when intentionally called into service. anything you can reference to help me read or interpret the signs? thanks.
  - EVyesnoyesnoyes 3y ago
    https://www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/news/speaking-second-language-shows-benefits-alzheimers/#:~:text=Previous%20studies%20have%20shown%20that,around%20a%204.5%2Dyear%20delay https://www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/news/speaking-second-la.... Its not the point about you thinking in multiply languages, its about your brain being able to find a connection to something.
    - yawboakye 3y ago
      still dubious. anyone who speaks multiple languages still thinks in one. and object recognition in the real world doesn’t require language. abstract concept recognition requires language, but it’s always in the language the concept was encountered.
      - EVyesnoyesnoyes 3y ago
        I often enough formulate sentences in the language i'm writing. And plenty of times i remembered a word only in english but not in german. Like a few month back i was looking at an escalator and though mmmhh escalator whats the german word for it? Took me ages to remember Rolltreppe Is your mother tonge english? Because i do not think that just having learned a language will help you here a lot. I speak english at my workplace every day while am a german in germany.
nojs 3y ago
Yeah, the old correlation causation strikes again - unfortunately the study itself is paywalled [1]. Realistically how could you possibly prove this isn’t just a case of “people with better brains are less likely to get dementia and also inclined towards more cognitively demanding jobs”? 1. https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000209353 https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000209353

by OJFord 3y ago

EVyesnoyesnoyes 3y ago

Knowing more languages also helps and could be the same effect: The more interconnections you have, the more you can compensate. A bike can be reached through different types of bikes, different names of bikes, different experiences with bikes.

yawboakye 3y ago
anecdotally, i find this statement quite dubious. i speak two languages natively but only think in one. two other languages i know proficiently, and they never come to mind naturally except when intentionally called into service. anything you can reference to help me read or interpret the signs? thanks.
- EVyesnoyesnoyes 3y ago
  https://www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/news/speaking-second-language-shows-benefits-alzheimers/#:~:text=Previous%20studies%20have%20shown%20that,around%20a%204.5%2Dyear%20delay https://www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/news/speaking-second-la.... Its not the point about you thinking in multiply languages, its about your brain being able to find a connection to something.
  - yawboakye 3y ago
    still dubious. anyone who speaks multiple languages still thinks in one. and object recognition in the real world doesn’t require language. abstract concept recognition requires language, but it’s always in the language the concept was encountered.
    - EVyesnoyesnoyes 3y ago
      I often enough formulate sentences in the language i'm writing. And plenty of times i remembered a word only in english but not in german. Like a few month back i was looking at an escalator and though mmmhh escalator whats the german word for it? Took me ages to remember Rolltreppe Is your mother tonge english? Because i do not think that just having learned a language will help you here a lot. I speak english at my workplace every day while am a german in germany.

nojs 3y ago

Yeah, the old correlation causation strikes again - unfortunately the study itself is paywalled [1]. Realistically how could you possibly prove this isn’t just a case of “people with better brains are less likely to get dementia and also inclined towards more cognitively demanding jobs”? 1. https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000209353 https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000209353