Maguire Flashcards
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What was the aim of this study?
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To investigate whether there was a difference in hippocampal volume between individuals who did or did not have extensive navigational experience
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What is the background to the study?
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Concept of localisation, hippocampus’ role in navigation, ability to provide a cognitive map. Neural plasticity, brain structure and function change with experience. Concept the hippocampus grows with use.
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What was the study’s design?
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A quasi experiment in a laboratory setting, with the taxi drivers and controls group as the IV and hippocampal volume as the DV
