"This study certainly confirms what other studies have found—the London taxi driver's brain is incredibly efficient and its larger volume is put to good use in making sense of a highly complex ...

University College London researchers have found that London taxi drivers develop a larger posterior hippocampus (the part of the brain responsible for memory and navigation) due to years of training.

Image Dr. Maguire’s study on the human hippocampus, published in March of 2000, turned the spotlight on London taxi drivers. “I never noticed part of my brain growing,” David Cohen ...