#theknowledge — Public Fediverse posts

Taxi Drivers Rarely Die Of Alzheimer’s – How Complex Mental Maps And Spatial Reasoning Protect Your Brain [why knowing your way around might help you stay sharp]
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https://theconversation.com/taxi-drivers-rarely-die-of-alzheimers-how-complex-mental-maps-and-spatial-reasoning-protect-your-brain-286650 <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2024-082194 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.070039597 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41582-018-0031-x <-- shared paper
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https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/taxis-and-private-hire/licensing/learn-the-knowledge-of-london <-- details of @Transport for London’s ‘The Knowledge’ details
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https://youtu.be/u7gp8KBP7ak?si=X1xXcysZF2LayFkx <-- shared video, ‘The People Who Have To Remember 25,000 Streets | The [London] Knowledge - The World's Toughest Taxi Test’
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H/T @ Jennifer Psillas, GISP | GIS Project Manager at City of Tucson Parks and Recreation
“Taxi and ambulance drivers are less likely than workers in almost any other job to die of Alzheimer’s disease. That was the surprising result of a 2024 study examining the death certificates of nearly 9 million people in the U.S…
Of the 9 million death certificates from January 2020 to December 2022 that researchers examined, taxi and ambulance drivers had the lowest risk of dying from Alzheimer’s disease out of 443 occupations. After adjusting for age, sex, race, ethnicity and education, roughly 1 in 100 taxi and ambulance drivers died of Alzheimer’s, compared with 1 in 60 people overall.
This pattern did not extend to other driving jobs. The researchers concluded that the key to reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s was not driving itself but continuous real-time navigation: the constant work of locating yourself in space, tracking a destination and updating a mental map as conditions change. Drivers whose jobs relied on fixed or predetermined routes, like bus drivers and aircraft pilots, didn’t seem to experience a similar advantage.
Researchers believe the association between navigation-heavy work and lower Alzheimer’s risk centers on the hippocampus, a part of the brain that governs memory and spatial navigation. It’s one of the first brain regions that Alzheimer’s damages: Problems with spatial navigation and orientation are among the earliest signs of the disease, sometimes surfacing before obvious memory loss.
In one landmark 2000 study [link above], neuroscientists compared the brains of licensed London taxi drivers with those of people who did not drive cabs. Their findings provided the first evidence via structural imaging that regions of the adult brain can measurably change under sustained navigational demand. To earn a license, London cabbies must memorize more than 25,000 streets within a 6-mile radius of Charing Cross, a challenge known as “The Knowledge” that takes three to four years…”
#spatialnavigation #orientation #mental #acuity #taxi #ambulance #paramedic #TheKnowledge #London #UK #Alzheimer #mapping #mentalmaps #spatialmapping #navigation #spatialreasoning #brain #hippocampus #brainhealth #death #mortality #disease #publichealth #scans #occupation #job

Taxi Drivers Rarely Die Of Alzheimer’s – How Complex Mental Maps And Spatial Reasoning Protect Your Brain [why knowing your way around might help you stay sharp]
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https://theconversation.com/taxi-drivers-rarely-die-of-alzheimers-how-complex-mental-maps-and-spatial-reasoning-protect-your-brain-286650 <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2024-082194 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.070039597 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41582-018-0031-x <-- shared paper
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https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/taxis-and-private-hire/licensing/learn-the-knowledge-of-london <-- details of @Transport for London’s ‘The Knowledge’ details
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https://youtu.be/u7gp8KBP7ak?si=X1xXcysZF2LayFkx <-- shared video, ‘The People Who Have To Remember 25,000 Streets | The [London] Knowledge - The World's Toughest Taxi Test’
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H/T @ Jennifer Psillas, GISP | GIS Project Manager at City of Tucson Parks and Recreation
“Taxi and ambulance drivers are less likely than workers in almost any other job to die of Alzheimer’s disease. That was the surprising result of a 2024 study examining the death certificates of nearly 9 million people in the U.S…
Of the 9 million death certificates from January 2020 to December 2022 that researchers examined, taxi and ambulance drivers had the lowest risk of dying from Alzheimer’s disease out of 443 occupations. After adjusting for age, sex, race, ethnicity and education, roughly 1 in 100 taxi and ambulance drivers died of Alzheimer’s, compared with 1 in 60 people overall.
This pattern did not extend to other driving jobs. The researchers concluded that the key to reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s was not driving itself but continuous real-time navigation: the constant work of locating yourself in space, tracking a destination and updating a mental map as conditions change. Drivers whose jobs relied on fixed or predetermined routes, like bus drivers and aircraft pilots, didn’t seem to experience a similar advantage.
Researchers believe the association between navigation-heavy work and lower Alzheimer’s risk centers on the hippocampus, a part of the brain that governs memory and spatial navigation. It’s one of the first brain regions that Alzheimer’s damages: Problems with spatial navigation and orientation are among the earliest signs of the disease, sometimes surfacing before obvious memory loss.
In one landmark 2000 study [link above], neuroscientists compared the brains of licensed London taxi drivers with those of people who did not drive cabs. Their findings provided the first evidence via structural imaging that regions of the adult brain can measurably change under sustained navigational demand. To earn a license, London cabbies must memorize more than 25,000 streets within a 6-mile radius of Charing Cross, a challenge known as “The Knowledge” that takes three to four years…”
#spatialnavigation #orientation #mental #acuity #taxi #ambulance #paramedic #TheKnowledge #London #UK #Alzheimer #mapping #mentalmaps #spatialmapping #navigation #spatialreasoning #brain #hippocampus #brainhealth #death #mortality #disease #publichealth #scans #occupation #job

#ThursdayFiveList #theknowledge

1️⃣ #Superbus - Apprends-Moi
One of my most favorite French expressions "J'ai pas la science infuse"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BENs4cq1_j0

2️⃣ #Tedua - Intro La Divina Commedia
"È un viaggio verso la consapevolezza che è il metro di misura della coscienza"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acd07bbenXo

3️⃣ #EltonJohn - Rocket Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtVBCG6ThDk

4️⃣ #Ateez - Paradigm
https://youtu.be/fNJMOR6x-4s

5️⃣ #Björk - Cosmogony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tJgRoMzMxg

#music #poprock #rap #rnb #kpop #alternative #pop

#ThursdayFiveList #theknowledge

1️⃣ #Superbus - Apprends-Moi
One of my most favorite French expressions "J'ai pas la science infuse"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BENs4cq1_j0

2️⃣ #Tedua - Intro La Divina Commedia
"È un viaggio verso la consapevolezza che è il metro di misura della coscienza"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acd07bbenXo

3️⃣ #EltonJohn - Rocket Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtVBCG6ThDk

4️⃣ #Ateez - Paradigm
https://youtu.be/fNJMOR6x-4s

5️⃣ #Björk - Cosmogony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tJgRoMzMxg

#music #poprock #rap #rnb #kpop #alternative #pop

Today's #ThursdayFiveList theme #TheKnowledge is so #Skyclad (must be the first use of that hashtag, at least in the band sense 😅 ) that I just chose four songs from them and one other.

Because I can and also because I am pressed for time.

The Great Brain Robbery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxGclAFUi7U

Thinking Allowed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8e3B8-WB7s

Parliament of Fools
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLH9xtd891M

History Lessens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gvsgwmAfdU

... And Oceans - Intelligence Is Sexy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPPZ1TNTbFM

#metal #folkmetal

Today's #ThursdayFiveList theme #TheKnowledge is so #Skyclad (must be the first use of that hashtag, at least in the band sense 😅 ) that I just chose four songs from them and one other.

Because I can and also because I am pressed for time.

The Great Brain Robbery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxGclAFUi7U

Thinking Allowed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8e3B8-WB7s

Parliament of Fools
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLH9xtd891M

History Lessens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gvsgwmAfdU

... And Oceans - Intelligence Is Sexy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPPZ1TNTbFM

#metal #folkmetal

Today's #ThursdayFiveList, #TheKnowledge:

Bad Religion - 1000 More Fools
https://youtu.be/WGtrDbK0pZI

Helmet - I Know
https://youtu.be/YhlXmHzfynw

Beck - The Information
https://youtu.be/frzquELSObM

Dan Vapid and the Cheats - Fact and Fiction
https://youtu.be/vOFkrDJY9lA

Bad Religion - New Dark Ages
https://youtu.be/RGqA1lNXYhg

#punk #PunkRock #BadReligion #DanVapid #Beck #Helmet #80s #80sMusic #80sPunk #90s #90sMusic @neurothing

Today's #ThursdayFiveList, #TheKnowledge:

Bad Religion - 1000 More Fools
https://youtu.be/WGtrDbK0pZI

Helmet - I Know
https://youtu.be/YhlXmHzfynw

Beck - The Information
https://youtu.be/frzquELSObM

Dan Vapid and the Cheats - Fact and Fiction
https://youtu.be/vOFkrDJY9lA

Bad Religion - New Dark Ages
https://youtu.be/RGqA1lNXYhg

#punk #PunkRock #BadReligion #DanVapid #Beck #Helmet #80s #80sMusic #80sPunk #90s #90sMusic @neurothing

#thursdayfivelist  #theknowledge #love #music

1. The Scientist - Coldplay

https://youtu.be/RB-RcX5DS5A?si=VBJGAyOBghhVOrS7

2. Learning to Fly - Pink Floyd

https://youtu.be/nVhNCTH8pDs?si=OjeBdCBfL6LqnSBZ

3. In the End - Linkin Park

https://youtu.be/eVTXPUF4Oz4?si=qNTDVBYQO-10WK2j

4. What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

https://youtu.be/rBrd_3VMC3c?si=xEod0uI8JlsLSteV

5. Should Have Known Better - Sufjan Stevens

https://youtu.be/lJJT00wqlOo?si=BBInpcvdYRsItz2h

#thursdayfivelist  #theknowledge #love #music

1. The Scientist - Coldplay

https://youtu.be/RB-RcX5DS5A?si=VBJGAyOBghhVOrS7

2. Learning to Fly - Pink Floyd

https://youtu.be/nVhNCTH8pDs?si=OjeBdCBfL6LqnSBZ

3. In the End - Linkin Park

https://youtu.be/eVTXPUF4Oz4?si=qNTDVBYQO-10WK2j

4. What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

https://youtu.be/rBrd_3VMC3c?si=xEod0uI8JlsLSteV

5. Should Have Known Better - Sufjan Stevens

https://youtu.be/lJJT00wqlOo?si=BBInpcvdYRsItz2h

With today's #ThursdayFiveList and its theme #TheKnowledge, @neurothing just gave me another excuse to share something from the amazing Emma 🙈

ERR "Arms I know so well"
https://songwhip.com/emma-ruth-rundle/arms-i-know-so-well

GGGOLDDD "And I know now"
https://songwhip.com/gggolddd/and-i-know-now

Sir Chloe "Know better"
https://songwhip.com/sirchloe/know-better

Sharon Van Etten "You know me well"
https://songwhip.com/sharon-van-etten/you-know-me-well

Epica "Kingdom of Heaven Pt.5 - A new age dawns"
https://songwhip.com/epica/kingdomofheavenanewagedawnspt5

With today's #ThursdayFiveList and its theme #TheKnowledge, @neurothing just gave me another excuse to share something from the amazing Emma 🙈

ERR "Arms I know so well"
https://songwhip.com/emma-ruth-rundle/arms-i-know-so-well

GGGOLDDD "And I know now"
https://songwhip.com/gggolddd/and-i-know-now

Sir Chloe "Know better"
https://songwhip.com/sirchloe/know-better

Sharon Van Etten "You know me well"
https://songwhip.com/sharon-van-etten/you-know-me-well

Epica "Kingdom of Heaven Pt.5 - A new age dawns"
https://songwhip.com/epica/kingdomofheavenanewagedawnspt5

@neurothing #ThursdayFiveList #TheKnowledge I have five more!

James Brown – Think
(you already know)
https://youtu.be/cOto9mcC2mc?si=dCxGjBil8p9xt0AW

Galactic - Friends Of Science
(New Orleans funk)
https://youtu.be/-_VTDmeUwqs?si=mVrin3sn6XqyJEvC

Superchunk - Learned to Surf
(alt/punk/rock)
https://superchunk.bandcamp.com/track/learned-to-surf

The Smith Street Band - It's Alright, I Understand
(emo/punk I guess)
https://thesmithstreetband.bandcamp.com/track/its-alright-i-understand

Iron Chic – Planes, Chest Pains, and Automobiles
(the good kind of pop punk)
https://ironchic.bandcamp.com/track/planes-chest-pains-and-automobiles

The #ThursdayFiveList from @neurothing is #TheKnowledge

Beach Slang - Bad Art & Weirdo Ideas
(post-punk)
https://beachslang.bandcamp.com/track/bad-art-weirdo-ideas

John Coltrane – Acknowledgement
(you already know)
https://youtu.be/28FDmhoAV0M?si=UTt85eylJ93_xvVO

Wormrot - Descending into the Unknown
(grindcore)
https://wormrot.bandcamp.com/track/descending-into-the-unknown

Pleasant Valley Children – The World as We Know It
(damaged hardcore, criminally underrated)
https://themightyur.bandcamp.com/track/the-world-as-we-know-it

Jawbreaker - You Don't Know
(the good kind of pop punk)
https://jawbreakerband.bandcamp.com/track/you-dont-know

Today's #ThursdayFiveList c/o @neurothing is all about learning and pursuit of #TheKnowledge

Learning to Hunt #GuidedByVoices
https://youtu.be/EZ5pBN03xRs?si=7vBkmGwdpg1hoP2g

You Don't Understand Me #TheRaconteurs
https://youtu.be/8w0au877KRI?si=EGRPntCkaxD9tEme

The Only Lesson Learned #GameTheory
https://youtu.be/Acac1QQCY3I?si=mafkjnBBsDVtol8X

Believe That I Understand #Magazine
https://youtu.be/vxzspw2LW2g?si=4gbEIw2V5OmSUywA

I Know But I Don't Know #Blondie
https://youtu.be/oMRxDBnOJfU?si=T_aPv4B3QvVvSdNR

Today's #ThursdayFiveList c/o @neurothing is all about learning and pursuit of #TheKnowledge

Learning to Hunt #GuidedByVoices
https://youtu.be/EZ5pBN03xRs?si=7vBkmGwdpg1hoP2g

You Don't Understand Me #TheRaconteurs
https://youtu.be/8w0au877KRI?si=EGRPntCkaxD9tEme

The Only Lesson Learned #GameTheory
https://youtu.be/Acac1QQCY3I?si=mafkjnBBsDVtol8X

Believe That I Understand #Magazine
https://youtu.be/vxzspw2LW2g?si=4gbEIw2V5OmSUywA

I Know But I Don't Know #Blondie
https://youtu.be/oMRxDBnOJfU?si=T_aPv4B3QvVvSdNR

#ThursdayFiveList #TheKnowledge continued ..

3. The Rose - I Don't Know You
https://youtu.be/4JSX-AZHFNo

When you really really want to know and be known.

4. Sion - Knowledge Addict
https://youtu.be/7B2E1-A9E_A

Because basically, we all want to know everything!

5. So!YoON! - Forever Dumb (Ft. Sam Kim)
https://youtu.be/9ijA9sdd4dY

And sometimes we really don't want to know.

(2/2)

#TheRose #Sion #SoYoon #KPop #KRock #KIndie

#ThursdayFiveList #TheKnowledge continued ..

3. The Rose - I Don't Know You
https://youtu.be/4JSX-AZHFNo

When you really really want to know and be known.

4. Sion - Knowledge Addict
https://youtu.be/7B2E1-A9E_A

Because basically, we all want to know everything!

5. So!YoON! - Forever Dumb (Ft. Sam Kim)
https://youtu.be/9ijA9sdd4dY

And sometimes we really don't want to know.

(2/2)

#TheRose #Sion #SoYoon #KPop #KRock #KIndie

This week's #ThursdayFiveList is #TheKnowledge. But most of my list is about not knowing, trying to know and even trying not to know. (Probably because I am feeling lots of change and unknowns right now!)

1. Heize - Don't Know You
https://youtu.be/vvkWaI91mLM

When you've grown wiser and you know what you didn't know in the past.

2. J-Hope - I Don't Know (Ft. Huh Yunjin of Le Sserafim)
https://youtu.be/MWVGgSE9MZg

Sometimes you don't really need to know.

(1/2)

#KPop #KHipHop #Heize #JHope

This week's #ThursdayFiveList is #TheKnowledge. But most of my list is about not knowing, trying to know and even trying not to know. (Probably because I am feeling lots of change and unknowns right now!)

1. Heize - Don't Know You
https://youtu.be/vvkWaI91mLM

When you've grown wiser and you know what you didn't know in the past.

2. J-Hope - I Don't Know (Ft. Huh Yunjin of Le Sserafim)
https://youtu.be/MWVGgSE9MZg

Sometimes you don't really need to know.

(1/2)

#KPop #KHipHop #Heize #JHope

#ThursdayFiveList #TheKnowledge @neurothing

Silversun Pickups - It's Nice to Know You Work Alone
https://songwhip.com/silversun-pickups/its-nice-to-know-you-work-alone

Placebo - I Know
https://songwhip.com/placebo/i-know

Tegan and Sara - I Know I'm Not the Only One
https://songwhip.com/tegan-and-sara/i-know-im-not-the-only-one

Crash Test Dummies - How Does a Duck Know?
https://songwhip.com/crash-test-dummies/how-does-a-duck-know

Death Cab for Cutie - I Don't Know How I Survive
https://songwhip.com/death-cab-for-cutie/i-dont-know-how-i-survive

#ThursdayFiveList #TheKnowledge @neurothing

Silversun Pickups - It's Nice to Know You Work Alone
https://songwhip.com/silversun-pickups/its-nice-to-know-you-work-alone

Placebo - I Know
https://songwhip.com/placebo/i-know

Tegan and Sara - I Know I'm Not the Only One
https://songwhip.com/tegan-and-sara/i-know-im-not-the-only-one

Crash Test Dummies - How Does a Duck Know?
https://songwhip.com/crash-test-dummies/how-does-a-duck-know

Death Cab for Cutie - I Don't Know How I Survive
https://songwhip.com/death-cab-for-cutie/i-dont-know-how-i-survive

Today’s #ThursdayFiveList is #TheKnowledge, I was a tad loose with this, but in every song someone has learned something or knows something others don’t, and it’s probably no coincidence that two of these songs (well, two and a half) are noir flavored. Because in those stories, one character often does know more than the others. Do they share it? Usually very reluctantly.

The Real Tuesday Weld – Silicone
https://youtu.be/MS92mnGh0rg?feature=shared

Susan – Now I Know Why
https://youtu.be/rqpZ2PKBfWw?feature=shared

Soul Coughing – City of Motors
https://youtu.be/poFlE2qs-o0?feature=shared

Publicist UK – Levitate The Pentagon
https://youtu.be/xUOtwbD_oT8?feature=shared

Chvrches featuring Robert Smith – How Not To Drown
https://youtu.be/7U_LhzgwJ4U?feature=shared

Today’s #ThursdayFiveList is #TheKnowledge, I was a tad loose with this, but in every song someone has learned something or knows something others don’t, and it’s probably no coincidence that two of these songs (well, two and a half) are noir flavored. Because in those stories, one character often does know more than the others. Do they share it? Usually very reluctantly.

The Real Tuesday Weld – Silicone
https://youtu.be/MS92mnGh0rg?feature=shared

Susan – Now I Know Why
https://youtu.be/rqpZ2PKBfWw?feature=shared

Soul Coughing – City of Motors
https://youtu.be/poFlE2qs-o0?feature=shared

Publicist UK – Levitate The Pentagon
https://youtu.be/xUOtwbD_oT8?feature=shared

Chvrches featuring Robert Smith – How Not To Drown
https://youtu.be/7U_LhzgwJ4U?feature=shared

#ThursdayFiveList
#TheKnowledge

Dark Tranquillity - What Only You Know
https://songwhip.com/dark-tranquillity/what-only-you-know

Insomnium - Revelation
https://songwhip.com/insomnium/revelation

Nevermore - The Learning
https://songwhip.com/nevermore/the-learning

Majesties - Seekers Of The Ineffable
https://songwhip.com/majesties2/seekers-of-the-ineffable

Allegaeon - All Hail Science
https://songwhip.com/allegaeon/all-hail-science

#ThursdayFiveList
#TheKnowledge

Dark Tranquillity - What Only You Know
https://songwhip.com/dark-tranquillity/what-only-you-know

Insomnium - Revelation
https://songwhip.com/insomnium/revelation

Nevermore - The Learning
https://songwhip.com/nevermore/the-learning

Majesties - Seekers Of The Ineffable
https://songwhip.com/majesties2/seekers-of-the-ineffable

Allegaeon - All Hail Science
https://songwhip.com/allegaeon/all-hail-science

Hello, people!

How many times do we think about the things we know?

That's what will be asked for this #ThursdayFiveList : five songs about knowledge, the pursuit of it, the reveal of things that should/could be known... or just about knowing something.

Let's reveal #TheKnowledge

Mine in the next toot.

Hello, people!

How many times do we think about the things we know?

That's what will be asked for this #ThursdayFiveList : five songs about knowledge, the pursuit of it, the reveal of things that should/could be known... or just about knowing something.

Let's reveal #TheKnowledge

Mine in the next toot.