No, it's the other way round. The article was in New Scientist: the findings implied that education increased the connectivity of the brain so that damage was masked for longer due to the brain finding alternate pathways in the "extra" connectivity. However, when the connectivity/reserve routing capacity was exhausted, deterioration was rapid.

It is being shown with regularity now that exercise (both physical and mental) to increase (and maintain) circulation in the brain can do a lot to reduce both the likelihood and effect of deterioration.

What you should be more concerned about is the fact that one potential trigger factor of an Alzheimer-like condition (with similar scelrotic plate damage) is raised levels of aluminium in the bloodstream over prolonged periods of time.

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