Industrial/Organizational
National Geographic's Human Body: London Taxi Driver's Brain
This video discusses The Knowledge, a mandatory test of London that all taxi drivers have to pass in order to become taxi drivers. This talks about a occupational knowledge requirement as well as changes to the hippocampus that occur within taxi drivers over time.
Atul Gawande (2007) Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance. |
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Dr. Atul Gawande succeeds in putting a human face on controversial topics like malpractice and global disparities in medical care, while taking an unflinching look at his own failings as a doctor. Review by Pauline Chen, New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/22/books/review/Chen.t.html |
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