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How black cab drivers memorise every road in London

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The Effects of Sleep on Memory

Previous studies had shown that taxi drivers have larger hippocampus compared to non-taxi drivers. This is the region of the brain that shrinks in people with Alzheimer's disease. The researchers hope that by studying taxi drivers, they can learn more about how the hippocampus helps us navigate and how it's involved in the early stages of Alzheimer's.

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