Neuropsych tweeps: That famous study showing London cabbies have larger hippocampi is held up as an example of massive brain plasticity on a macro scale - has it held up?
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And you can test people before and after they do the knowledge... And see how their brain changes. https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/taxis-and-private-hire/licensing/learn-the-knowledge-of-london …
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The original lab has done this (perhaps most persuasive evidence for the original finding to date)https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3268356/ …
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Indeed. These are all sensible questions, but some have already been addressed as far as I am aware (as in the study Tom links to).
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I was a bit shocked nobody bothered to look at the original authors work and/or didn't know/look up that cabbies don't use GPS hence why the original study was so nicely designed.
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That's Twitter for us!
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