BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Taxi drivers 'have brain sat-nav' - The Diigo Meta page

• 15 Sep 08
  

  Heather Tillberg-Webb

  cognition import-webbmedia

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  H Tillberg Webb

  cognition

  • Another part of the brain helped taxi drivers to track how close they were to the endpoint of their journey; like a metal detector, its activity increased when they were closer to their goal.

    • My brain does this too, but it sends the wrong info!
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  Jen R
  • They used magnetic scanners to explore the brain activity of taxi drivers as they navigated their way through a virtual simulation of London's streets
• 14 Sep 08
  

  Melonie Fullick

  science psychology brain United Kingdom

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  Hamish Macleod

  taxidrivers memory hippocampus theknowledge

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  H Tillberg Webb on 2008-09-15
  My brain does this too, but it sends the wrong info!

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