Dr Maguire and her team have now turned their attention to how cabbies learn the Knowledge.
马奎尔和她的团队现在已经转而研究,“的哥”们如何习得这些知识。
But as the cabbies learned the Knowledge, their hippocampi grew, literally changing their minds, the researchers report online today in Current Biology.
但是当的士司机学习有关知识的时候,他们的海马体变大,他们的头脑确实在发生变化。研究人员们在《流行生物学》上今日在线报道。
TAKE a taxi in Bangkok and the driver’s mobile phone is sure to chirp. A long conversation ensues, usually by speakerphone, since few cabbies bother with headsets.
在曼谷打的,肯定会听到的士司机的手机响,接着就是长时间的通话,通话大多用手机的扬声器,少有人用耳机,嫌麻烦。
The reason it's difficult to get a cab on a rainy day in New York is partly because cabbies do such good business that they go home early, having met their daily target.
下雨天在纽约很难打到车的原因之一就是,下雨的时候,出租车的生意极好,司机很早就能完成今天的份额,之后他们就收车回家了。
The hippocampi of unsuccessful trainees stayed the same throughout, which could suggest that successful cabbies really do have an innate advantage—their brains are more malleable than others'.
那些失败学员的海马体自始至终没有发生变化,这表明成功的的士司机确实具有先天优势——他们的大脑比其他人更具延展性。
Truck drivers, cabbies, delivery workers and airline pilots will have been superseded by vehicles that do it all.
卡车和出租车司机、快递员及航空公司飞行员,都将被全能的自动驾驶运载工具取代。
According to rules announced by transport authorities, cabbies now face a ban of up to three years for foul play - or a lifetime ban in extreme cases.
根据交通委发布的规定,有违法违规行为的出租车驾驶员将面临三年不得从事该行业的处罚,极端违规行为或导致终身不得驾驶出租车。
Uber, which launched in San Francisco in 2010, is a veteran of battles with regulators and protests by cabbies in cities from Paris to New Delhi as it expands at breakneck speed.
2010年在旧金山创始并飞速扩张的优步,是与从巴黎到新德里的各地监管机构和出租车司机抗议进行斗争的老手。
Cabbies must master London's maze of streets, and their calculation of routes may stimulate brain changes.
出租车司机必须掌握伦敦如迷宫般的街道,他们对路线的计算促使大脑发生改变。
Cabbies must master London's maze of streets, and their calculation of routes may stimulate brain changes.
出租车司机必须掌握伦敦如迷宫般的街道,他们对路线的计算促使大脑发生改变。
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