Which brain region would you predict to be larger in animals that cache food and search for mates; likewise in taxi drivers versus bus drivers? Supported with evidence and an example.
Ans) Hippocampus is the region of brain which provide spatial map of environment for the animal.
It is a region of brain which is larger in animal that cache food as it boost the memory and they have to learn and memorize adaptively specialise to find the food.
Example: Rat had to search for a large area to find the food which is burried in the saw dust.
The part of brain is hippocampus it navigates spatial intelligence. Taxi driver has larger hippocampus as the have to accommodate the demands of navigation.
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