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This is one of those articles you need to read: the headline and summary line are misleading. > Other types of dementia didn't show the same relationship as Al
by fny 2y ago
This is one of those articles you need to read: the headline and summary line are misleading.
> Other types of dementia didn't show the same relationship as Alzheimer's disease. And other transportation-related jobs that didn't require as much real-time spatial and navigational processing didn't have the same results as taxi or ambulance drivers. Bus drivers, for example, ranked 263rd.
The hypothesis of the paper is that a larger hippocampus may contribute to lower rates of Alzheimer’s, inviting more investigation. The study authors admit there’s not a ton that can be concluded with certainty.