@jonst0kes @buttonslives Also London cabbies who have done the knowledge. https://t.co/CTWLhcO7Ss a similar argument could be used to say that cabbies were born that way
London taxi drivers and bus drivers: a structural MRI and neuropsychological analysis.
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Several posts highlight specific aspects of the research, such as the greater gray matter volume in the mid-posterior hippocampus of taxi drivers and the correlation with navigation experience. The tone varies from scientific curiosity to admiration for the brain's ability to physically adapt through experience, exemplified by phrases like 'brain cells can grow' and comparisons of taxi drivers’ brains to learning organs. The choice of words and emphasis on neuroplasticity underscore a shared interest in the study’s implications for understanding human brain capacity and development.
Most discussions acknowledge the study’s findings, with some emphasizing the evidence of brain structure changes due to navigation experience.
Abstract in brief
- The study examined how London's taxi and bus drivers differ in brain structure and navigation skills, finding that taxi drivers have more gray matter in the back part of the hippocampus and less in the front, which is linked to their extensive navigation experience.
- Researchers suggest that these brain differences are mainly related to the skill of spatial knowledge and navigation, rather than stress or self-motion during driving.
- Interestingly, taxi drivers were less capable of learning new visual-spatial information compared to bus drivers, indicating that their brain adaptations for expert navigation might reduce their ability to acquire new spatial memories.]
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Most liked on X and Blueskyお馴染みBMJクリスマス論文 空間認知/空間情報処理のエキスパートはアルツハイマー病による死亡率が低い 死亡約900万人中タクシーと救急車運転手で最も割合が低かった
岡田先生追加 ロンドンバスとタクシードライバー #ニューロリハセミナー London taxi drivers and bus drivers: a structural MRI and neuropsychological analysis. - PubMed - NCBI https://t.co/UhjAXV0SQg
Compared with bus drivers London taxi drivers had greater gray matter volume in mid-posterior hippocampi and less volume in anterior hippocampi. Furthermore, years of navigation experience correlated with hippocampal gray matter volume only in taxi drivers https://t.co/VOQXX6vIRw
@CTPatriot17 @JamieWhistle I always use the London cab drivers as an example: https://t.co/w7VDVmTtZC
“London taxi drivers and bus drivers: a structural MRI and neuropsychological analysis“ is one of the seminal papers for understanding creative memory. In framing her experiment Prof Eleanor Maguire made the brilliant creative move of comparing taxi drivers & bus drivers
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2011 Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology, University College London, 12 Queen Square, London WC1N "London taxi drivers and bus drivers: a structural MRI and neuropsychological analysis"
@IsaInsane1 London taxi drivers and bus drivers: a structural MRI and neuropsychological analysis https://t.co/DFk2VOOUIA
@wideawake_media To the naysayers - there is considerable evidence that lack of use,age and other factors can physically shrink the hippocampus: https://t.co/i90SL7RqaT https://t.co/SMxeuZMVAk
@ABridgen https://t.co/SoYggcubVW brain cells can grow as in Maguire study on taxi drivers and how hippocampus grows for spatial memory
wait til someone tells them the effects navigating london had on cabbies' brains pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17024677/
@CTPatriot17 @JamieWhistle I always use the London cab drivers as an example: https://t.co/w7VDVmTtZC
RT @thmonk_pf: お馴染みBMJクリスマス論文 空間認知/空間情報処理のエキスパートはアルツハイマー病による死亡率が低い 死亡約900万人中タクシーと救急車運転手で最も割合が低かった
RT @thmonk_pf: お馴染みBMJクリスマス論文 空間認知/空間情報処理のエキスパートはアルツハイマー病による死亡率が低い 死亡約900万人中タクシーと救急車運転手で最も割合が低かった
RT @thmonk_pf: お馴染みBMJクリスマス論文 空間認知/空間情報処理のエキスパートはアルツハイマー病による死亡率が低い 死亡約900万人中タクシーと救急車運転手で最も割合が低かった
RT @thmonk_pf: お馴染みBMJクリスマス論文 空間認知/空間情報処理のエキスパートはアルツハイマー病による死亡率が低い 死亡約900万人中タクシーと救急車運転手で最も割合が低かった
Famously correlated with hippocampus size in the brain! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17024677/
RT @thmonk_pf: お馴染みBMJクリスマス論文 空間認知/空間情報処理のエキスパートはアルツハイマー病による死亡率が低い 死亡約900万人中タクシーと救急車運転手で最も割合が低かった
RT @thmonk_pf: お馴染みBMJクリスマス論文 空間認知/空間情報処理のエキスパートはアルツハイマー病による死亡率が低い 死亡約900万人中タクシーと救急車運転手で最も割合が低かった
RT @thmonk_pf: お馴染みBMJクリスマス論文 空間認知/空間情報処理のエキスパートはアルツハイマー病による死亡率が低い 死亡約900万人中タクシーと救急車運転手で最も割合が低かった
お馴染みBMJクリスマス論文 空間認知/空間情報処理のエキスパートはアルツハイマー病による死亡率が低い 死亡約900万人中タクシーと救急車運転手で最も割合が低かった
@gregisenberg @bigmisterash https://t.co/8im5EGFo0n
This study was the inspiration for the paper: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17024677/
@giladmp דוגמה לקונספט כזה https://t.co/dgO5chHj7F
London taxi drivers and bus drivers: a structural MRI & neuropsychological analysis https://t.co/Bg1OklBZKC "compared with bus drivers, taxi drivers had greater gray matter volume in mid-posterior hippocampi & less volume in anterior hippocampi" Too many https://t.co/3AL65Tudgc
London taxi drivers and bus drivers: a structural MRI and ... National Institutes of Health (.gov) ... 2006 ... — Licensed London taxi drivers show that humans have a remarkable capacity to acquire and use knowledge of a large complex city to navigate within it.
@jonst0kes @buttonslives Also London cabbies who have done the knowledge. https://t.co/CTWLhcO7Ss a similar argument could be used to say that cabbies were born that way
@KKuusiranta @Jasminepatasane Hermoston "osan" saa kasvamaan. Lontoon taksikuskit oli klassinen keissi. https://t.co/oQgX7jb34C
Compared with bus drivers London taxi drivers had greater gray matter volume in mid-posterior hippocampi and less volume in anterior hippocampi. Furthermore, years of navigation experience correlated with hippocampal gray matter volume only in taxi drivers https://t.co/VOQXX6vIRw
RT @mindshelp: Taxi drivers’ brains grow on the job. #Psychology #FactCheck #FactsMatter #interesting #braindevelopment #psychologyfacts #…
Taxi drivers’ brains grow on the job. #Psychology #FactCheck #FactsMatter #interesting #braindevelopment #psychologyfacts #mindhelp Source: https://t.co/6Ju73F3Q8s https://t.co/htNXjolXHg
@WW2HistoryGal https://t.co/8BAEJZRxg3 https://t.co/VpfLsvPWOr Melissa, here are some of the pioneering scholarly research works on brain plasticity.
London taxi drivers and bus drivers: a structural MRI and ...https://t.co/r8TZh2wHSn › ... by EA Maguire · 2006 · Cited by 997 — Gray matter volume differences in the hippocampus relative to controls have been reported to accompany this expertise. While these gray matter
@tandle_rao @praneeth_rao @JoeAgneya @aaryabharata https://t.co/e4mJNbQgUy Seems these taxi drivers too learn Sanskrit
こちらの論文がソース。 https://t.co/vSrBd0hiKQ
RT @shldmdn: @felescaerulea 147. А у лондонских таксистов увеличивается гиппокамп. https://t.co/DT5Glh5Bug Все исследования "мы померяли мо…
London Taxi Drivers and Bus Drivers: A Structural MRI and ...www.researchgate.net › publication › 6769737_Londo... In the case of spatial memory, London taxi drivers who had acquired intensive navigation information and experience were found to have an increased volume ...
@WiseNotPretty @SaltiredPopcorn @CaptainLuluu @KarinEliot @PhoenixinLondon @drawnoutofshape @st3ff_moses @Glinner @OwenJones84 London taxi drivers have different brains, because the brain is a learning organ and is shaped by experience. So something showing up in the brain is not necessarily proof it is entirely caused by genetics https://t.co/BbwU1NY1wS
“London taxi drivers and bus drivers: a structural MRI and neuropsychological analysis“ is one of the seminal papers for understanding creative memory. In framing her experiment Prof Eleanor Maguire made the brilliant creative move of comparing taxi drivers & bus drivers
@EducationNext “spatial knowledge...associated with pattern of hippocampal gray matter volume” different in taxi drivers vs bus drivers in London but bus drivers can learn new routes more quickly https://t.co/XDkesDf8ND
@DrJoeAbah https://t.co/zHtqo8qiE0 example
@KestonCabby @guidoacasa Whilst completing the KoL is a commendable achievement and has in fact been demonstrated to enlarge the posterior hippocampus in those that have completed it (see London Taxi Drivers and Bus Drivers: A Structural MRI and Neuropsychological Analysis - Maguire et al) it's not......
RT @soshusan: 岡田先生追加 ロンドンバスとタクシードライバー #ニューロリハセミナー London taxi drivers and bus drivers: a structural MRI and neuropsychological analysis. -…
岡田先生追加 ロンドンバスとタクシードライバー #ニューロリハセミナー London taxi drivers and bus drivers: a structural MRI and neuropsychological analysis. - PubMed - NCBI https://t.co/UhjAXV0SQg
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