Support For Brain Plasicty +Maguire, Dranganski And Mechelli

Question 1

Support from Maguire et al

Answer 1

This is supported by Maguire et al’s research of London taxi drivers who had a higher volume of grey matter in the posterior hippocampus than in a matched control group. This is the part of the brain associated with navigational and spatial skills.

Question 2

What is a similar finding observed by Dranganski?

Answer 2

A similar finding was observed by Dranganski et al. who imaged the brains of medical students 3 months before and after their final exams. Learning induced changes were seen to have occurred in the posterior hippocampus and the parietal cortex, presumably as a result of the exam.

Question 3

What did Mechelli et al also find?

Answer 3

Mechelli et al. found a larger parietal cortex in the brains of people who were bilingual compared to matched monolingual controls.