The tail of the hippocampus was meaningfully larger in London taxi drivers who had spent years learning this knowledge capital K. Bus drivers were better at remembering new lists of words or novel figures. But there was a measurable cost, and I think that's not the part of the story. Most people here are like taxi drivers have bigger brains.
There's no such thing as a "normal" brain. And according to Dr. Chantel Prat, a neuroscientist at the University of Washington, that's a very good thing indeed. In her new book, "The Neuroscience of You," Chantel tells readers how their brains got to be the way they are, and today on the show, she explains how to get the most out of the brain you've got.
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