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> Taxi drivers may have a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s because they are constantly using navigational and spatial processing. A good reason to not use
by throw0101d 2y ago
> Taxi drivers may have a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s because they are constantly using navigational and spatial processing.
A good reason to not use GPS/GNSS apps too much.
Unless it's going to a location that's completely unfamiliar, I try to only check for red zones before I leave, and then use my familiarity of my city to get to my destination: know my starting point, know a major intersection near the destination, and avoid known-bad locations in between. If I get lost I can always pull out the app to re-orient.
- Aloha 2y agoAgreed - I use GPS to do the initial pathfinding - in much the same way I'd use a paper map in the old days. It's part of why I have a good sense of direction.
- tzs 2y agoEven when using it to go someplace unfamiliar you can pay attention and try to spot features of the area that you can use later to orient yourself if you ever want to navigate there again but without GPS. I wonder if that would sufficiently engage your navigation and spatial processing to give some of the same benefits the study found?
- c22 2y agoI like to leave the map open with no route set. Then I can look for shortcuts or check the traffic but I get to run my own routing algorithms (which I often find to be much more flexible and dynamic).
- maksimur 2y agoBefore GPS navigation apps (I was a kid), I had to either print the whole route or bring a map of my city. When I didn't use such aids I would get lost, and I still do.