ND-0667 · 2000 · Theory or framework
Navigation-related structural change in the hippocampi of taxi drivers
Maguire EA et al. PNAS. 2000.
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What the source reports
London taxi drivers had larger posterior hippocampi than controls, and the volume grew with years on the job.
Limitations
Cross-sectional; about the city's demands on navigation, not a design choice.
Field
Spatial cognition
Notes and follow-up
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