Scientific American Frontiers did an interesting piece on how learning "The Knowledge" produces a physiological change in the brain. Studies have shown that the hippocampus, the area of the brain associated with memory and navigation, grows larger during the several years required to become a cabbie.
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Scientific American Frontiers did an interesting piece on how learning "The Knowledge" produces a physiological change in the brain. Studies have shown that the hippocampus, the area of the brain associated with memory and navigation, grows larger during the several years required to become a cabbie.