tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970746810324898604.post7108747718681453833..comments2023-03-22T07:01:56.428+01:00Comments on Lost On Time: Leontxo GarcĂa and the strange case of Neurocaseejhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970746810324898604.post-89174772630553630402016-04-26T18:58:56.627+02:002016-04-26T18:58:56.627+02:00The 2005 article is well-known in the expert commu...The 2005 article is well-known in the expert community, and long superseded. It's part of the debate about 'cognitive reserve' - that is, whether forms of mental stimulation (chess, puzzles, reading, anything similar) build up a reserve of cognitive capacity that can be drawn upon as the physical deterioration of the brain proceeds. The impression gained by the naive observer is that the disease has been 'delayed'. Alas, not so: the underlying physical decline continues unabated. Moreover, it's not clear whether a 'cognitive reserve' acts as I've just suggested. Recent research shows that different memory functions decline (or are retained) differentially by gender, education, and occupation. Hence, memory is not a unitary function to be lost (or retained) all of a piece. <br /><br />I have more, lots more. And it's pretty authoritative, albeit I'm not the expert. By happy chance, in the first round of this year's 4NCL, I played one of Britain's most prominent research experts in Alzheimer's. We've spoken and corresponded at length since. One thing can be said with certainty, in a far from well-understood field: Alzheimer's is not susceptible to 'magic bullet' solutions. And chess offers scant prospects either.David Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970746810324898604.post-49431348809520744492016-04-25T21:18:06.767+02:002016-04-25T21:18:06.767+02:00I watched the video and scrolled through the slide...I watched the video and scrolled through the slideshow and then I wondered <a href="http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/factfinder.html" rel="nofollow">whether Edward Winter had had anything to say</a> about Leontxo Garcia. I was surprised not to find anything.AngusFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09312254103335063535noreply@blogger.com