Plastic & Functional Recovery- Maguire

Question 1

Aim

Answer 1

To examine whether structural changes are present in the brains of individuals with extensive experience of spacial navigation

Question 2

Participants

Answer 2

16 right handed male taxi drivers, who had been driving for over 1.5 years and 50 right handed male non taxi drivers, who had been driving for over 1.5 years, with the same mean age

Question 3

Method

Answer 3

Structural MRI scans

Question 4

Results

Answer 4

• Increased grey matter found in brains of taxi drivers; increased volume found in the posterior hippocampus
• The greater experience, the bigger posterior hippocampus