Wednesday, January 15
BBC News | SCI/TECH | Taxi drivers' brains 'grow' on the job Cab drivers' grey matter enlarges and adapts to help them store a detailed mental map of the city, according to research.
Taxi drivers given brain scans by scientists at University College London had a larger hippocampus compared with other people. This part of the brain is associated with navigation in birds and animals.
Taxi drivers given brain scans by scientists at University College London had a larger hippocampus compared with other people. This part of the brain is associated with navigation in birds and animals.
