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Unbelievable but true. And I think to myself, that's a good thing! Researchers are currently developing an artificial hamburger. Entirely artificially produced, more about it here.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/aug/05/world-first-synthetic-hamburger-mouth-feel
If some people insist on eating such junk food, why not create it artificially? Add a nice Coke and then smoke. What more could you want?
That's a good outlook. We are, so to speak, the "Alzheimer's/dementia-watcher generation." Through cases in our own families and circles of friends, we are more or less familiar with this insidious disease. The big question always arises:
Is there a way to protect myself personally from this fate?
What British researchers have presented at least offers a starting point for what could be done. And it actually sounds simple. The gray matter should be trained, even in "advanced" age.
Researchers from University College London have shown London taxi driver trainees what might be possible in the brain. To obtain a driver's license in the metropolis, taxi drivers must memorise around 25,000 street names and 20,000 landmarks in the British capital. The training takes up to four years.
And this intensive learning has a demonstrably positive effect on specific brain areas. The researchers found what they sought after the taxi drivers' training period. After four years of cramming, the trainees had more gray matter in the hippocampus. Even in adulthood, the human brain remains flexible and "expandable."
