Brains are nothing like computers and human cognition operates in fundamentally different ways to current artificial intelligence systems. Human ...

Researchers have measured the thinking time of London taxi drivers—famous for their knowledge of more than 26,000 streets across the city—as part of a study into the future of AI route-mapping.

Researchers have measured the thinking time of London taxi drivers - famous for their knowledge of more than 26,000 streets across the city - as part ...

The finding has implications for all of us, write Harvard physician-researchers Christopher Worsham and Anupam Jena.

The hippocampus, a brain region involved in memory ... The authors referenced a previous study showing that London taxi drivers had an enhanced hippocampus compared to the general population.

A new study published in BMJ investigated whether occupations that engage specific brain regions more intensively could reduce the burden of AD. Professions like taxi and ambulance driving depend on ...

Taxi and ambulance drivers are far less likely to die from Alzheimer’s than the general population, suggesting that navigational skills may protect the brain. Previous studies have shown that ...

Study: Alzheimer’s disease mortality among taxi and ambulance drivers ... taxi drivers in London exhibit enhanced functional changes in the hippocampus, a region of the brain that is responsible ...

A new study found that US taxi and ambulance drivers had the ... 2000 study found that London cabdrivers had an enlarged part of their hippocampus. That section of the brain plays an important ...