Re: taxi drivers' hippocampi

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Mon Mar 20 2000 - 14:06:37 GMT

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Subject: Re: taxi drivers' hippocampi
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    On 03/20/00 08:41, Gatherer, D. (Derek) said this-

    >There is also the odd finding that the anterior hippocampus shrinks in taxi
    >drivers. So as well as gaining neural tissue, they're also losing it.

    I did not get to see this paper- the site requires payment, as far as I
    could tell, but, I do wonder if this research was done by looking at each
    individual over time, rather than looking at the statistical measurements
    of the aggregate of drivers.

    And, (I shudder to ask) _is_ this a hypothesis of Blackmore's- that such
    plasticity _should_ be evidenced, and (I repeat my shudder)- was this
    plasticity _not_ evidenced before, or hypothesized?

    - Wade

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