{"id":16953,"date":"2024-12-21T06:37:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-21T05:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/21\/can-i-survive-for-24-hours-without-gps-navigation\/"},"modified":"2024-12-21T06:37:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T05:37:51","slug":"can-i-survive-for-24-hours-without-gps-navigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/21\/can-i-survive-for-24-hours-without-gps-navigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I survive for 24 hours without GPS navigation?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spatial memory is a use-it-or-lose it commodity, so I gave life without Google Maps a try<\/p>\n

Taxi and ambulance drivers are less likely than other workers to die of Alzheimer\u2019s disease, according to a Harvard study<\/a> published in the British Medical Journal.<\/p>\n

On the one hand, it makes total sense, navigation and spatial memory belonging in the hippocampus, which is the first region of the brain the disease atrophies. On the other hand, life expectancy is significantly lower than average in both jobs \u2013 68 and 64 respectively \u2013 and Alzheimer\u2019s typically afflicts those over 65.<\/p>\n

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\nSpatial memory is a use-it-or-lose it commodity, so I gave life without Google Maps a try
\nTaxi and ambulance drivers are less likely than other workers to die of Alzheimer\u2019s disease, according to a Harvard study published in the British Medical Journal.
\nOn the one hand, it makes total sense, navigation and spatial memory belonging in the hippocampus, which is the first region of the brain the disease atrophies. On the other hand, life expectancy is significantly lower than average in both jobs \u2013 68 and 64 respectively \u2013 and Alzheimer\u2019s typically afflicts those over 65. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spatial memory is a use-it-or-lose it commodity, so I gave life without Google Maps a try Taxi and ambulance drivers are less likely than other workers to die of Alzheimer\u2019s disease, according to a Harvard study published in the British Medical Journal. On the one hand, it makes total sense, navigation and spatial memory belonging …<\/p>\n

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