Taxi drivers are "pumped up" the hippocampus (part of the brain responsible for spatial orientation)

Taxi drivers with years of experience are phenomenal, from the point of view of science, the structure of the brain: the area of ​​the limbic system, responsible for memory and spatial orientation, the hippocampus, they have increased in comparison with the ordinary people, the size. However, the cause and effect of the scientists were unclear: whether the hippocampus is "pumped" taxi drivers over the years, whether the driver is an enlarged hippocampus contributes to its choice of working as a taxi driver.

A recent experiment has placed everything in its place: it turned out that for a long time, working with maps and orienteering, anyone can "pump up" your hippocampus and get navigator, "built" into the brain.

via factroom.ru