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How is the hippocampus active while driving a car?
I know different parts of the brain are active when I’m driving, and I was curious about the hippocampus and its function. What does the hippocampus do while you’re driving a car?
Tiffany Leung · Updated on
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
The brain can sure multitask while we’re driving! The hippocampus activates when you recall a route to your destination while driving a car. The right posterior hippocampus is responsible for spatial memory and can continue to adapt and grow as you memorize more driving routes.
Fun fact, a London taxi driver typically has a much larger hippocampus compared to the average person. This isn’t surprising, as taxi drivers need to memorize virtually everything—from the 25,000 streets and 100,000 landmarks in the city to the quickest way to get from point A to point B and what’s currently showing at the theaters.
If you want to exercise your hippocampus and improve your memory for driving, try this:
- Practice driving to a set destination using different routes
- Memorize where the traffic lights and stop signs are
- Pay extra attention to the details like where the road work areas and potholes are
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