Driving for more than two hours a day steadily reduces intelligence, a new study suggests.
Researchers investigating how sedentary behaviour affects brainpower found IQ scores fell faster in middle-aged Britons who drove long distances every day.
Kishnan Bakrania, a medical epidemiologist at the University of Leicester, told The Sunday Times : “We know that regularly driving for more than two to three hours a day is bad for your heart.
“This research suggests it is bad for your brain, too, perhaps because your mind is less active in those hours.”
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The researchers analysed the lifestyles of more than 500,000 Britons aged between 37 and 73 over five years, during which they took intelligence and memory tests.
The 93,000 people who drove more than two to three hours a day typically had lower brainpower at the start of the study, which kept on declining throughout, at a faster rate than those who did little or no driving.
A similar result was also found for those watching TV for more than three hours a day, who also had lower average brainpower at the start of the study which fell faster over the next five years.
"Cognitive decline is measurable over five years because it can happen fast in middle-aged and older people. This is associated with lifestyle factors such as smoking and bad diet — and now with time spent driving,” Mr Bakrania told the paper.

That means everyone is technically a dumbass? Dumb post

MrFuckallday:
That means everyone is technically a dumbass? Dumb post

Na wah o!Simple research that should guide some of ur daily decisions you cannot interpret.
It is either ur a fool or a teenager about to become a fool.