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London - A study in London yields surprising results about the size of the rear of a taxi driver´s brain. Due to the amount of driving this profession entails, the brains of London cab drivers grow and adapt to help them store a detailed mental map of the city. According to new research, drivers of the famous London black taxis who had their brains scanned were found to have unusually large development in one area of the hippocampus; the part of the brain which deals with navigation which is critical for learning. One particular region of the hippocampus, the posterior or back, was bigger in the taxi drivers, researcher Dr Eleanor Maguire told the BBC. The scientists at the University College of London also found that the hippocampus grew even more as the drivers spent longer on the job.


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Hippos have really good memories.... (2 replies)  
started by BriRedfern
(03.22.2001 9:21:29 AM EST)

But they are afraid of mice.

Or is that antelopes?
I don't know, but it's definitely one of those animals that lives in the Arctic....

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