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Adult Brains Grow From Specialist Use
Xemu writes "Researchers at University College of London's Institute of Neurology have discovered that taxi drivers grow more brain cells in the area associated with memory. Dr Eleanor Maguire says, 'We believe the brain increased in gray matter volume because of the huge amount of data memorized.' She warns against the use of GPS and says it will possibly affect the brain changes seen in this study. This research is the first to show that the brains of adults can grow in response to specialist use." London cabbies, unlike their American counterparts, have to learn the layout of streets and the locations of thousands of places of interest in order to get a license.
it seems his brain has decreased in capacity
I had some nightmares awhile back. I work in Manhattan and noticed that the majority of Taxi drivers can be "racial profiled" as terrorists if they happened to step into an airport. What if, it's true, all the Taxi drivers are heavily armed one day and decide to attack NYC.
According to this article they would know the area much better than the people who live and work there. Scary!
And yes! I have used LSD, frightening visions like this have haunted me since I was 17 years old. And I was there during the terrorist attacks.
Call me Nostradamus!
London cabbies, unlike their American counterparts, have to learn the layout of streets and the locations of thousands of places of interest in order to get a licence.
In the US customers ain't worth such effort.
As a matter of fact you have to watch out they don't infect you with AIDS or crap like that through needles they drop on your driver seat because they also have a serious mental illness.
...all the jingoism on the internet? Why the hell was this comment even made:
"London cabbies, unlike their American counterparts, have to learn the layout of streets and the locations of thousands of places of interest in order to get a licence."
Does your dick feel bigger now that you've besmirched Americans? Why the comparison to American cabbies? Why not French or Egyptian cabbies? Have you ever been to Cairo? The fact that cabbies can get anyone anywhere in that city amazes me. Perhaps American cabbies just know where the hell they're going, test or no test. I have yet to see a cab GPS in it yet I've always been able to get to my destination with no problems. The aforementioned comment could have been just as insightful, if nor more so, had it simply been "London cabbies have to learn the layout of streets and the locations of thousands of places of interest in order to get a licence."