What does the study with London taxi drivers tell us about the hippocampus and plasticity?
What does the study with London taxi drivers tell us about the hippocampus and plasticity? The converging results from these two independent analysis techniques indicate that the professional dependence on navigational skills in licensed London taxi drivers is associated with a relative redistribution of gray matter in the hippocampus.
Do London cab drivers have bigger hippocampus?
Structural MRIs of the brains of humans with extensive navigation experience, licensed London taxi drivers, were analyzed and compared with those of control subjects who did not drive taxis. The posterior hippocampi of taxi drivers were significantly larger relative to those of control subjects.