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Media: The Register talks Navigation with Taxi Drivers


Source: The Register, 31 August 2006
Submitted by Ann Light

"London cabbies shun satnav" is a witty story from The Register that takes a more pedestrian story by Reuters and creates a voyage through the hearts and minds of London's taxi elite.

Usability gets a mention, but perhaps the most interesting snippet is only tangentially relevant: cabbies 'actually have a larger hippocampus, "the part of the brain associated with navigation", than mere mortals'.

Which came first - the navigation or the brain? And if thinking about navigation can deliver such marked effects, do information design professionals have it too?

 


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