Why do taxi drivers have a better memory? - do you know?
4,558 views · Published 12 June 2013 · 0:57 · Indexed 19 October 2026
Channel: Euronews Next · 2013 · News & Politics
If you've ever taken a taxi in London you'll likely have been impressed by the cabbie's effortless ability to navigate the city's warren of streets without consulting a map. It's called 'the knowledge' and they spend years acquiring it. MRI scans on London's taxi drivers show it has also developed part of their brain called the hippocampus. Watch the full version to know more about this extended mental capacity in taxi drivers: http://eurone.ws/11F4XwB Made by euronews, the most watched news channel in Europe, euronews knowledge gives YouTubers amazing access into the scientists labs and research fields, including going inside taxi drivers' brains! Subscribe to euronews knowledge and receive, twice a week, a shot of space videos on Mondays and sci-tech videos on Wednesdays: http://eurone.ws/Y9QTy3
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