Fascinating!! I wonder if you specifically looked for other people who might have demonstrably great memories and asked them ... whether the trend would continue? People like waitstaff at super high end restaurants, actors maybe?? Also I wonder what you would find if you reached out to one of those people who remembers "everything"? Looks like Joey Degradis is one about our age.
Curiosity 4 ever! I'm so intrigued by people with far reaching memories. And the idea that some people can remember everything is mindblowing. I'll have to reach out to Joey D. and see if I can collect his first memory. Thanks for the suggestion, Annie B!
Whoa that is really interesting! So how does it work? Do people with great memories tend to become cab drivers more than others? Or do cab drivers develop advanced memory techniques during their training, and can then apply it retroactively?
Huh? I like that take on it, Tal. I guess I assumed that people who could pass the Black Cab test were essentially screened to have good memories. But what if having a good memory and then working with it all the time in your profession made your memory even better?
An athletic person that works out continues to improve their athleticism, right? Might it be the same with memory, and increase one's ability to reach back further and further in time? Cool thought. Thanks for that.
"With the new research, scientists can definitively say that London taxi drivers not only have larger-than-average memory centers in their brains, but also that their intensive training is responsible for the growth. Excelling at one form of memory, however, may inhibit another."
"MRIs showed that the successful trainees' hippocampi had grown over time."
Holy smokes! Someone has done the experiment to show that working your memory as a London taxi driver results in an enlarged rear-end of the hippocampus which equates to further improvement in (spacial) memory. 🧠🤯
Fascinating!! I wonder if you specifically looked for other people who might have demonstrably great memories and asked them ... whether the trend would continue? People like waitstaff at super high end restaurants, actors maybe?? Also I wonder what you would find if you reached out to one of those people who remembers "everything"? Looks like Joey Degradis is one about our age.
Curiosity 4 ever! I'm so intrigued by people with far reaching memories. And the idea that some people can remember everything is mindblowing. I'll have to reach out to Joey D. and see if I can collect his first memory. Thanks for the suggestion, Annie B!
Whoa that is really interesting! So how does it work? Do people with great memories tend to become cab drivers more than others? Or do cab drivers develop advanced memory techniques during their training, and can then apply it retroactively?
Huh? I like that take on it, Tal. I guess I assumed that people who could pass the Black Cab test were essentially screened to have good memories. But what if having a good memory and then working with it all the time in your profession made your memory even better?
An athletic person that works out continues to improve their athleticism, right? Might it be the same with memory, and increase one's ability to reach back further and further in time? Cool thought. Thanks for that.
Check this out!
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/london-taxi-memory/#:~:text=With%20the%20new%20research%2C%20scientists,%2C%20however%2C%20may%20inhibit%20another.
"With the new research, scientists can definitively say that London taxi drivers not only have larger-than-average memory centers in their brains, but also that their intensive training is responsible for the growth. Excelling at one form of memory, however, may inhibit another."
"MRIs showed that the successful trainees' hippocampi had grown over time."
Holy smokes! Someone has done the experiment to show that working your memory as a London taxi driver results in an enlarged rear-end of the hippocampus which equates to further improvement in (spacial) memory. 🧠🤯