Comments on: The double edged sword of the cabbies’ hippocampi http://www.psychblog.co.uk/the-double-edged-sword-of-the-cabbies-hippocampi-310.html just another psychology blog? Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:49:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Richard http://www.psychblog.co.uk/the-double-edged-sword-of-the-cabbies-hippocampi-310.html#comment-5917 Richard Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:36:48 +0000 http://www.psychblog.co.uk/the-double-edged-sword-of-the-cabbies-hippocampi-310.html#comment-5917 I suspect the give and take is nothing more than competition. If the taxi drivers were also studying other skills of various kinds over the time period for example then it's likely that they would develop a more balanced brain structure. The body can't afford to maintain unused structures, at a guess this would apply to the brain as much as to muscles. Whilst there's some crossover effect in muscles, if you exclusively train just your right forearm and ignore other muscles then only that muscle will grow significantly. Just a random thought on my part :). I suspect the give and take is nothing more than competition. If the taxi drivers were also studying other skills of various kinds over the time period for example then it’s likely that they would develop a more balanced brain structure.

The body can’t afford to maintain unused structures, at a guess this would apply to the brain as much as to muscles.

Whilst there’s some crossover effect in muscles, if you exclusively train just your right forearm and ignore other muscles then only that muscle will grow significantly.

Just a random thought on my part :).

]]> By: Situationism in the Blogosphere - January ‘08 « The Situationist http://www.psychblog.co.uk/the-double-edged-sword-of-the-cabbies-hippocampi-310.html#comment-4197 Situationism in the Blogosphere - January ‘08 « The Situationist Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:05:25 +0000 http://www.psychblog.co.uk/the-double-edged-sword-of-the-cabbies-hippocampi-310.html#comment-4197 [...] From PsyBlog: The double edged sword of the cabbies’ hippocampi [...] [...] From PsyBlog: The double edged sword of the cabbies’ hippocampi [...]

]]> By: Dudley Jackson » Blog Archive » Psychology, Mind and Neuroscience Roundup http://www.psychblog.co.uk/the-double-edged-sword-of-the-cabbies-hippocampi-310.html#comment-3888 Dudley Jackson » Blog Archive » Psychology, Mind and Neuroscience Roundup Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:25:06 +0000 http://www.psychblog.co.uk/the-double-edged-sword-of-the-cabbies-hippocampi-310.html#comment-3888 [...] Enlarged hippocampi in London taxi drivers have been associated with extensive navigational knowledge.  Now, the researchers who identified this association also report that this navigational knowledge comes at a cost. H/T: PsychBLOG.co.uk [...] [...] Enlarged hippocampi in London taxi drivers have been associated with extensive navigational knowledge.  Now, the researchers who identified this association also report that this navigational knowledge comes at a cost. H/T: PsychBLOG.co.uk [...]

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