This is a remarkable demonstration of neuroplasticity, proving that intense mental labor can literally reshape our biological hardware. It celebrates the enduring power of human memory in an age dominated by digital shortcuts.
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Driver spends 8 years studying to become a London cabbie #shortsAdded:
At the Transport for London office, nervous aspiring cabbies dress up in their Sunday best to take a series of oral exams known as appearances.
>> Whenever you're ready, sir. We'll go from Soho House, 40 Greek Street to the Chantry Rosewood, please.
>> Candidates are quizzed on how to get between two random points.
>> Living left Greek Street, right, Shaspbury Avenue, left Great Mill Street, forward Hay Market. As examiners measure the distance, ensuring they're calling the shortest route.
>> Unfortunately, sir, I can't score you today.
>> He failed this round. But for those who do pass the knowledge, this memorization has proven to be so challenging, it can change the structure of their brains. A study from University College London found cab drivers posterior hippocampi, the part of the brain linked to memory, got bigger throughout their careers.
Everyone in their profession has had to train theirself with knowledge to be the best what they are and that's what we're doing.
>> Steven Fairbrass has been trying to pass the knowledge for eight years. Anu Morjani for five. They showed us the official study guide known as the blue book. And >> these are like the points points of interest that any paying customer >> Uhhuh.
>> would want you to take them to.
>> I mean, there's thousands.
>> Thousands of them.
>> Yeah. 6,000 of them.
>> I just got to look at this. The Last Judgment, PH, the Law Society Hall, the Londoner Hotel, the Marquee, the Mann Library, the National Gallery. I mean, this is crazy that you have to know all this. You have to learn individual restaurants, >> individual restaurants, >> public houses.
>> What if a restaurant goes out of business?
>> Then he changes names and then you learn a new name.
>> Then it comes on the list.
>> It comes on the list. It goes in the list.
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