https://padlet.com/erinm12/jg1geb65gwpy Made with joy en-us 2019-02-25 08:59:41 UTC 2025-04-07 19:15:41 UTC hello@padlet.com erinm12 https://padlet.com/erinm12/jg1geb65gwpy/wish/334755841 2019-02-25 09:40:32 UTC https://padlet.com/erinm12/jg1geb65gwpy/wish/334755841 erinm12 https://padlet.com/erinm12/jg1geb65gwpy/wish/334756365 To investigate whether doing a job that demands navigational experience, and spending more years in that job, affect the volume of the hippocampus.]]> 2019-02-25 09:42:16 UTC https://padlet.com/erinm12/jg1geb65gwpy/wish/334756365 erinm12 https://padlet.com/erinm12/jg1geb65gwpy/wish/334757081 2019-02-25 09:44:54 UTC https://padlet.com/erinm12/jg1geb65gwpy/wish/334757081 erinm12 https://padlet.com/erinm12/jg1geb65gwpy/wish/334757471 2019-02-25 09:46:25 UTC https://padlet.com/erinm12/jg1geb65gwpy/wish/334757471 erinm12 https://padlet.com/erinm12/jg1geb65gwpy/wish/334757885 research methods
-scanning procedure took place in a highly controlled environment, using a carefully selected sample - which eliminated many extraneous variables.
sampling bias
-all male right handed sample which may limit generalisation of the findings, as navigation by females or left handed people may differ.]]> 2019-02-25 09:47:54 UTC https://padlet.com/erinm12/jg1geb65gwpy/wish/334757885 erinm12 https://padlet.com/erinm12/jg1geb65gwpy/wish/334759421 compared 16 right-handed male taxi drivers and 50 non-taxi-driving controls, matched for gender, handedness and age range.
DV was hippocampal volume, measured with an MRI scan.]]> 2019-02-25 09:53:33 UTC https://padlet.com/erinm12/jg1geb65gwpy/wish/334759421 erinm12 https://padlet.com/erinm12/jg1geb65gwpy/wish/335261994 According to Maguire, the role of the hippocampus is to facilitate spatial memory, in the form of navigation. From previous studies (pre-Maguire) it was impossible to know whether differences in brain anatomy are predetermined, or whether the brain is susceptible to plastic changes, in response to environmental stimulation – in this case driving a taxi.]]> 2019-02-26 09:12:33 UTC https://padlet.com/erinm12/jg1geb65gwpy/wish/335261994 erinm12 https://padlet.com/erinm12/jg1geb65gwpy/wish/335262171 Increased grey matter was found in the brains of taxi drivers compared with controls in two brain regions, the right and left hippocampi. The increased volume was found in the posterior (rear) hippocampus.

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