Nothing beyond the normal "cognitive reserve" findings that high education and broad cognitive engagement makes the brain pathology take longer to reduce your functioning to a dementia state.
Sounds lame but this story really touched me. I recently visited a family member who's nearing the end and it broke my heart to see them in that condition.
I'm not sure what to take from this. But thank you for sharing it
Never heard of him but I read this article in one sitting (extremely hard thing for me) and I felt some unexplained connections with this story. A Beautiful Mind is another book which I very often go back to and go through similar emotions.
Wow, thanks for linking to the article. What an awful story. Makes you think about the wisdom of undertaking major elective surgery if it's not absolutely required in the short term.
I really liked the stories of his skill when he was in his prime. Very inspiring.