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Focuses on University College London researcher Eleanor Maguire's study, published in `Proceedings of the National Academy of Science,' of the localization of navigation skills in the brain and how an adult human brain responds to needs. Role of London, England, taxi drivers in Maguire's study; Rol...

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Published in:Economist Vol. 354; no. 8162; p. 83
Format: Article
Published: Economist Newspaper Limited 3/18/2000
Subjects:
Brain function localization
Navigation
Hippocampus (Brain)
Taxicab drivers
Maguire, Eleanor
Physiology
England
London (England)
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:Focuses on University College London researcher Eleanor Maguire's study, published in `Proceedings of the National Academy of Science,' of the localization of navigation skills in the brain and how an adult human brain responds to needs. Role of London, England, taxi drivers in Maguire's study; Role of the hippocampus and evidence of changes to regions of it.