The shapeshifting brain
The architecture of memory
When senses collide
The multilingual super-engine
007skaty To master The Knowledge, drivers memorize 25,000 streets and 20,000 landmarks, significantly growing their posterior hippocampus.
Which specific part of the brain is found to be larger in experienced London taxi drivers?
What is the rigorous spatial test that London taxi drivers must pass to get their license?
Brain growth: The human brain continues to grow new brain cells in the hippocampus throughout adulthood, defying the old belief that we are born with all our neurons.
007skaty Hemispherectomy surgery treats severe epilepsy by removing or disconnecting one brain hemisphere
Why are children under six years old much better at recovering from hemispherectomies than adults?
The capacity of the nervous system to develop new pathways and reorganize existing connections in response to learning or experience. London black cab drivers showed significant growth in the hippocampus after completing intensive spatial navigation training.
007skaty Tap to bounce sound waves to discover how the brain maps the world without sight.
What animal is famous for using the same echolocation mechanism that humans can learn?
Which brain region do blind echolocators repurpose to process the echoes of their tongue clicks?
007skaty Phantom Limb Sensation
Your brain still tries to reach a missing hand, A simple mirror helps it understand.