Researchers: Motorcycle riding makes you smarter

My friend who rides his motorcycle to work nearly every day says it’s not only fun but very convenience in the major traffic. Turns out he also may be turning into an evil genius with a dangerous amount of mental processing power. This is after researchers found that motorcycling makes you smarter.

Dr Ryutu Kawashima of the University of Tokyo conducted experiments comparing riders who currently rode motorcycles on a regular basis with ex-riders who once rode regularly but had not taken a ride for 10 years or more. Kawashima asked the participants to ride on courses in different conditions while he recorded their brain activities. The eight courses included a series of curves, poor road conditions, steep hills, hair-pin turns and a variety of other challenges.