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Taxi Drivers and Alzheimer's Risk | US News
Taxi drivers may hold a secret weapon against Alzheimer’s: their brains are getting a serious workout through constant, complex navigation. A massive study of nearly nine million death certificates found that taxi and ambulance drivers had the lowest rates of Alzheimer’s-related deaths among hundreds of professions. Why? Because they’re constantly building and updating mental maps of the city — a task that intensely engages the hippocampus, the brain region most vulnerable to Alzheimer’s. Unlike bus drivers or pilots who follow fixed routes, taxi drivers must adapt in real-time, remember…
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