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January 2022 PMID 34914151

London taxi drivers: A review of neurocognitive studies and an exploration of how they build their cognitive map of London.

Eva-Maria Griesbauer, Ed Manley, Jan M Wiener, Hugo J Spiers

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45
Peak: 17 in May 2022
across 3 sources since Dec 2021

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462,357
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14,143

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Dec 2021 – Jan 2025

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The discussions frequently praise the study’s insights into hippocampal changes and spatial learning, using phrases like 'amazing brain' and 'real-world spatial learning in practice,' indicative of high interest and perceived impact. References to detailed route maps and neuroplasticity emphasize deep engagement with the research’s implications.

AgreementStrong agreement

Most discussions affirm the validity and significance of the research on how taxi drivers develop their neurocognitive maps, supporting the study's conclusions.

InterestHigh interest

The discussions show high interest, with mentions of how the brain changes and maps related to navigation, indicating enthusiasm and curiosity about the topic.

EngagementHigh engagement

Many participants reference specific aspects of the research, such as hippocampal changes and route mapping, demonstrating deep engagement.

ImpactHigh impact

The conversations highlight the potential for these findings to influence understanding of spatial navigation and brain plasticity, emphasizing their broader relevance.

Abstract in brief

  • London taxi drivers exhibit changes in hippocampal gray matter density associated with their extensive navigation training and knowledge of London's streets and points of interest.
  • The study reviews behavioral and neuroimaging research on how these drivers learn London's layout, including key steps like map study, travel, visualization, and use of subgoals, and provides a detailed map of their route learning process.
  • The findings offer potential applications for enhancing spatial learning in the general population and improving artificial intelligence systems in navigating new environments.]
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Taxi Brains
@taxibrains · X

How amazing is the London taxi drivers brain? See this review from our team: https://t.co/qx39GYNIkM

May 11, 2022 · 21 likes · 17 shares · 657 followers View post →
CogNav papers
@cognav · X

London taxi drivers: A review of neurocognitive studies and an exploration of how they build their cognitive map of London https://t.co/tZZyos3HcS

Jan 7, 2022 · 6 likes · 1 share · 716 followers View post →
Taxi Brains
@taxibrains · X

How do amazing London taxi drivers like @TomTaxiDriver use their brain to navigate London? Find out in our freely accessible review: https://t.co/qx39GYNIkM https://t.co/Ah588chpLA

Feb 13, 2023 · 6 likes · 5 shares · 657 followers View post →
Tay
@BioTay · X

@NoIdentificado8 Hasta donde se, los cambios en el hipocampo de los taxistas se mantienen bien replicados. Quizás sí se haya matizado, no es que sea más grande el hipocampo, pero sí tiene más materia gris. Aquí tienes una revisión reciente (paper, 2021) https://t.co/QAEEvSBeXF

Mar 1, 2023 · 5 likes · 1 share · 20,335 followers View post →
Krzysztof Potempa
@BRAINCURES · X

London taxi drivers: A review of neurocognitive studies and an exploration of how they build their cognitive map of London Eva-Maria Griesbauer, Ed Manley @edthink @Jan_Wiener @hugospiers https://t.co/3FWWuvTb6S

Feb 6, 2023 · 3 likes · 2 shares · 2,665 followers View post →
Wiley Neuro
@WileyNeuro · X

How do London #Taxi drivers build their cognitive map of the city?

Jan 5, 2023 · 2 likes · 140,973 followers View post →

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AndyHab
@andyhab.bsky.social · Bluesky

Original paper: Griesbauer, E. M., Manley, E., Wiener, J. M., & Spiers, H. J. (2022). London taxi drivers: A review of neurocognitive studies and an exploration of how they build their cognitive map of London Hippocampus (Vol. 32, Issue 1) https://buff.ly/40D7k9d

Jan 28, 2025 · 1 share View post →
Will Murphy
@Aceofspades256 · X

@RAshfyre @thesaviorweneed @BayouPhilosophy So what's going on here then? https://t.co/34DhdmnLuC

Apr 25, 2024 · 269 followers View post →
Nick Milo
@NickMilo · X

@techczech Ah for that, see the famous London taxi cab research: https://t.co/qThS284qzg

Dec 15, 2023 · 1 like · 18,748 followers View post →
Spear of Lugh
@LughSpear · X

@MonniauxD https://t.co/v5y7RFJOLD

May 19, 2023 · 1,239 followers View post →
Kallikantzaros Pantocrator
@ArDehaeme · X

@mart1oeil 10.1002/hipo.23395

May 18, 2023 · 1 like · 58 followers View post →
Ludovic Huguet
@ludhovik · X

@mart1oeil C’est basé sur ce genre d’étude. Probablement que la conclusion de l article est largement déformé… https://t.co/ky5H0nFwuA

May 18, 2023 · 2 likes · 143 followers View post →
IvyRaw
@IvyRaw · X

RT @BioTay: @NoIdentificado8 Hasta donde se, los cambios en el hipocampo de los taxistas se mantienen bien replicados. Quizás sí se haya ma…

Mar 1, 2023 · 1 share · 224 followers View post →
Tay
@BioTay · X

@NoIdentificado8 Hasta donde se, los cambios en el hipocampo de los taxistas se mantienen bien replicados. Quizás sí se haya matizado, no es que sea más grande el hipocampo, pero sí tiene más materia gris. Aquí tienes una revisión reciente (paper, 2021) https://t.co/QAEEvSBeXF

Mar 1, 2023 · 5 likes · 1 share · 20,335 followers View post →
Ben Humphries⭐⭐⭐⭐
@benhumphries13 · X

RT @taxibrains: How do amazing London taxi drivers like @TomTaxiDriver use their brain to navigate London? Find out in our freely accessib…

Feb 14, 2023 · 5 shares · 1,241 followers View post →
The Taxi Drivers Forum
@LTDAForum · X

RT @taxibrains: How do amazing London taxi drivers like @TomTaxiDriver use their brain to navigate London? Find out in our freely accessib…

Feb 13, 2023 · 5 shares · 5,832 followers View post →
CogNav (Cognitive Navigation)
@CogNav_RIN · X

RT @taxibrains: How do amazing London taxi drivers like @TomTaxiDriver use their brain to navigate London? Find out in our freely accessib…

Feb 13, 2023 · 5 shares · 1,042 followers View post →
Matt
@Mattblacktaxi · X

RT @taxibrains: How do amazing London taxi drivers like @TomTaxiDriver use their brain to navigate London? Find out in our freely accessib…

Feb 13, 2023 · 5 shares · 1,063 followers View post →
Taxi Brains
@taxibrains · X

How do amazing London taxi drivers like @TomTaxiDriver use their brain to navigate London? Find out in our freely accessible review: https://t.co/qx39GYNIkM https://t.co/Ah588chpLA

Feb 13, 2023 · 6 likes · 5 shares · 657 followers View post →
Dr. Hilary Murray
@artboxhill · X

RT @BRAINCURES: London taxi drivers: A review of neurocognitive studies and an exploration of how they build their cognitive map of London…

Feb 6, 2023 · 2 shares · 1,754 followers View post →
(((Liz Ditz))). Mask up, y'all. Viruses are real.
@lizditz · X

RT @BRAINCURES: London taxi drivers: A review of neurocognitive studies and an exploration of how they build their cognitive map of London…

Feb 6, 2023 · 2 shares · 10,501 followers View post →
Krzysztof Potempa
@BRAINCURES · X

London taxi drivers: A review of neurocognitive studies and an exploration of how they build their cognitive map of London Eva-Maria Griesbauer, Ed Manley @edthink @Jan_Wiener @hugospiers https://t.co/3FWWuvTb6S

Feb 6, 2023 · 3 likes · 2 shares · 2,665 followers View post →
Wiley Neuro
@WileyNeuro · X

How do London #Taxi drivers build their cognitive map of the city?

Jan 5, 2023 · 2 likes · 140,973 followers View post →
~Leaves~
@Through_Leaves · X

@apoloticalteen @evantthompson The following is about how our first-person experiences of learning something brings about changes in the brain. Here again, we cannot ask "why" but see that there is so much evidence for it happening: https://t.co/VL7IhQzjJC

Dec 6, 2022 · 1 like · 125 followers View post →
Shibley
@dr_shibley · X

I admit that I regularly ask London cabbies about their experiences of the 'appearance', the viva to test their Knowledge. I loved every bit of this review by @hugospiers and colleagues, relating to my niche love of the 'appearance'. https://t.co/s3gEJPvY7C

Oct 13, 2022 · 27,508 followers View post →
Taxi Brains
@taxibrains · X

RT @taxibrains: How amazing is the London taxi drivers brain? See this review from our team: https://t.co/qx39GYNIkM

May 18, 2022 · 17 shares · 657 followers View post →
yonoots.
@IonutBanu1 · X

RT @taxibrains: How amazing is the London taxi drivers brain? See this review from our team: https://t.co/qx39GYNIkM

May 13, 2022 · 17 shares · 159 followers View post →
Mikethetaxi
@_mikethetaxi · X

RT @taxibrains: How amazing is the London taxi drivers brain? See this review from our team: https://t.co/qx39GYNIkM

May 12, 2022 · 17 shares · 151 followers View post →
The Camberwell Cabbie Ldn
@HawkEye19294412 · X

RT @taxibrains: How amazing is the London taxi drivers brain? See this review from our team: https://t.co/qx39GYNIkM

May 11, 2022 · 17 shares · 2,945 followers View post →
JP Taxi
@JPTaxiLDN · X

RT @taxibrains: How amazing is the London taxi drivers brain? See this review from our team: https://t.co/qx39GYNIkM

May 11, 2022 · 17 shares · 160 followers View post →
just about managing
@winston_long · X

RT @taxibrains: How amazing is the London taxi drivers brain? See this review from our team: https://t.co/qx39GYNIkM

May 11, 2022 · 17 shares · 570 followers View post →
U broke my wallet
@tax1man12345 · X

RT @taxibrains: How amazing is the London taxi drivers brain? See this review from our team: https://t.co/qx39GYNIkM

May 11, 2022 · 17 shares · 1,582 followers View post →
#ossietheludditeDDD
@ossien1 · X

RT @taxibrains: How amazing is the London taxi drivers brain? See this review from our team: https://t.co/qx39GYNIkM

May 11, 2022 · 17 shares · 3,108 followers View post →
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@garyscorey1 · X

RT @taxibrains: How amazing is the London taxi drivers brain? See this review from our team: https://t.co/qx39GYNIkM

May 11, 2022 · 17 shares · 167 followers View post →
The Taxi Drivers Forum
@LTDAForum · X

RT @taxibrains: How amazing is the London taxi drivers brain? See this review from our team: https://t.co/qx39GYNIkM

May 11, 2022 · 17 shares · 5,832 followers View post →
La
@overlook61 · X

RT @taxibrains: How amazing is the London taxi drivers brain? See this review from our team: https://t.co/qx39GYNIkM

May 11, 2022 · 17 shares · 1,166 followers View post →
Dr. Tannahill Glen
@tannahillglen · X

RT @taxibrains: How amazing is the London taxi drivers brain? See this review from our team: https://t.co/qx39GYNIkM

May 11, 2022 · 17 shares · 1,527 followers View post →
Dave
@Daveindayout · X

RT @taxibrains: How amazing is the London taxi drivers brain? See this review from our team: https://t.co/qx39GYNIkM

May 11, 2022 · 17 shares · 814 followers View post →
Dr Urska Demsar
@udemsar · X

RT @taxibrains: How amazing is the London taxi drivers brain? See this review from our team: https://t.co/qx39GYNIkM

May 11, 2022 · 17 shares · 1,341 followers View post →
Jibran Khokhar
@DrJKhokhar · X

RT @taxibrains: How amazing is the London taxi drivers brain? See this review from our team: https://t.co/qx39GYNIkM

May 11, 2022 · 17 shares · 10,828 followers View post →
Ben Humphries⭐⭐⭐⭐
@benhumphries13 · X

RT @taxibrains: How amazing is the London taxi drivers brain? See this review from our team: https://t.co/qx39GYNIkM

May 11, 2022 · 17 shares · 1,241 followers View post →
Taxi Brains
@taxibrains · X

How amazing is the London taxi drivers brain? See this review from our team: https://t.co/qx39GYNIkM

May 11, 2022 · 21 likes · 17 shares · 657 followers View post →
Prof Neil Martin
@ThatNeilMartin · X

@MarionFiedlerTN @psychmag It's a bit of a cottage industry in that bit of UCL :) They recently published a review of how and what London cabbies learn... https://t.co/LQ0qT5ZTUz

Feb 16, 2022 · 2,778 followers View post →
Taxi Brains
@taxibrains · X

Great to see this real-world spatial learning in practice. Here's our map of all routes: (Fig 4 https://t.co/hglSW7xIsT) mapped by @edthink https://t.co/nIY3TgJxG1 https://t.co/McdHiMVVQI

Jan 24, 2022 · 2 likes · 657 followers View post →
CogNav (Cognitive Navigation)
@CogNav_RIN · X

RT @cognav: London taxi drivers: A review of neurocognitive studies and an exploration of how they build their cognitive map of London http…

Jan 18, 2022 · 1 share · 1,042 followers View post →
CogNav papers
@cognav · X

London taxi drivers: A review of neurocognitive studies and an exploration of how they build their cognitive map of London https://t.co/tZZyos3HcS

Jan 7, 2022 · 6 likes · 1 share · 716 followers View post →
UCL Discovery
@ucl_discovery · X

Open Access UCL Research: London taxi drivers: A review of neurocognitive studies and an exploration of how they build their cognitive map of London https://t.co/uMY1XWlcMe

Jan 7, 2022 · 2,521 followers View post →
Stephanie Daumas
@steph_daumas · X

RT @memovocab: [Review] “You navigatin’ on me?“ Taxi drivers, their hippocampus, and how they learn the map of London. Open access https://…

Dec 17, 2021 · 1 share · 1,705 followers View post →
memovocab
@memovocab · X

[Review] “You navigatin’ on me?“ Taxi drivers, their hippocampus, and how they learn the map of London. Open access https://t.co/10lhHcVEXM

Dec 17, 2021 · 2 likes · 1 share · 846 followers View post →