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1. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Hatim Sharif, The University of Texas at San Antonio

   Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer’s – how complex mental maps and spatial reasoning protect your brain (opens the original)

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   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. These findings stopped me in my tracks because those two jobs rely on the same thing as my own work: maps. I have spent more than two decades staring at maps. Not paper maps on a wall, but digital ones with multiple layers: flood boundaries draped over census blocks,

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2. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Hatim Sharif, The University of Texas at San Antonio

   Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer’s – how complex mental maps and spatial reasoning protect your brain (opens the original)

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   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. These findings stopped me in my tracks because those two jobs rely on the same thing as my own work: maps. I have spent more than two decades staring at maps. Not paper maps on a wall, but digital ones with multiple layers: flood boundaries draped over census blocks,

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3. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Hatim Sharif, The University of Texas at San Antonio

   Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer’s – how complex mental maps and spatial reasoning protect your brain (opens the original)

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   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. These findings stopped me in my tracks because those two jobs rely on the same thing as my own work: maps. I have spent more than two decades staring at maps. Not paper maps on a wall, but digital ones with multiple layers: flood boundaries draped over census blocks,

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4. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Hatim Sharif, The University of Texas at San Antonio

   Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer’s – how complex mental maps and spatial reasoning protect your brain (opens the original)

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   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. Unlock the rest of the article with a new subscription. Your support strengthens local journalism. Subscribe now for full access to local reporting, breaking news, and more. Originally published on theconversation.com, part of the BLOX Digital Content Exchange. Keep i

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5. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Hatim Sharif, The University of Texas at San Antonio

   Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer’s – how complex mental maps and spatial reasoning protect your brain (opens the original)

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   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. These findings stopped me in my tracks because those two jobs rely on the same thing as my own work: maps. I have spent more than two decades staring at maps. Not paper maps on a wall, but digital ones with multiple layers: flood boundaries draped over census blocks,

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