Analysing the brains of London’s taxi drivers could be key to improving AI navigation systems and Alzheimer’s research, scientists say. University College London researchers have found that London taxi drivers develop a larger posterior hippocampus (the part of the brain responsible for memory and navigation) due to years of training. (AP video/Mustakim Hasnath)

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How the brain of a London cabbie could help shape AI and Alzheimer’s research

Name: How the brain of a London cabbie could help shape AI and Alzheimer's research
Uploaded: 2025-02-09T16:47:24.576Z
Duration: 2 min 1 s
Description: Analysing the brains of London's taxi drivers could be key to improving AI navigation systems and Alzheimer’s research, scientists say. University College London researchers have found that London taxi drivers develop a larger posterior hippocampus (the part of the brain responsible for memory and navigation) due to years of training. (AP video/Mustakim Hasnath)

Analysing the brains of London’s taxi drivers could be key to improving AI navigation systems and Alzheimer’s research, scientists say. University College London researchers have found that London taxi drivers develop a larger posterior hippocampus (the part of the brain responsible for memory and navigation) due to years of training. (AP video/Mustakim Hasnath)