https://padlet.com/heatherr3/xvmtg83os49r Made with magic en-us 2019-02-13 11:50:59 UTC 2019-02-13 12:15:51 UTC hello@padlet.com heatherr3 https://padlet.com/heatherr3/xvmtg83os49r/wish/330754476 2019-02-13 11:52:23 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherr3/xvmtg83os49r/wish/330754476 heatherr3 https://padlet.com/heatherr3/xvmtg83os49r/wish/330754754 To investigate whether doing a job that demands navigational experience and spending more years in that job affects the volume of the hippocampus.]]> 2019-02-13 11:53:27 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherr3/xvmtg83os49r/wish/330754754 heatherr3 https://padlet.com/heatherr3/xvmtg83os49r/wish/330755301 Voxel based morphology and pixel counting were used to analyse grey matter and the volume of the hippocampus to compare a group of 16 male, right-handed taxi drivers from London to 15 non-taxi drivers also male right handed and from London. Correlational analysis also explored the relationship between time spent as a taxi driver and hippocampal volume.]]> 2019-02-13 11:55:50 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherr3/xvmtg83os49r/wish/330755301 heatherr3 https://padlet.com/heatherr3/xvmtg83os49r/wish/330756257 Voxel based morphology showed the only brain areas with a significant difference between taxi drivers and the control group was the hippocampus, this being larger significantly larger on average for the group of taxi drivers. It was also found that for the taxi driver group the longer the participant had been a taxi driver the larger the hippocampus was.]]> 2019-02-13 11:59:50 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherr3/xvmtg83os49r/wish/330756257 heatherr3 https://padlet.com/heatherr3/xvmtg83os49r/wish/330756475 2019-02-13 12:00:52 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherr3/xvmtg83os49r/wish/330756475 heatherr3 https://padlet.com/heatherr3/xvmtg83os49r/wish/330757100 This lead to the conclusion that a need in the environment for spatial awareness and navigation increases the hippocampal volume rather then people becoming taxi drivers due to having a large hippocampus. Due to the result in which it was found the longer they had been taxi drivers for the larger the hippocampus was.]]> 2019-02-13 12:03:53 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherr3/xvmtg83os49r/wish/330757100 heatherr3 https://padlet.com/heatherr3/xvmtg83os49r/wish/330757822 The knowledge is a test undergone by London taxi drivers, before anyone is allowed to drive a London black cab they will need to pass a test known commonly as the Knowledge. This typically takes 4 years to complete and involves knowing all of the roads around London and back routes.]]> 2019-02-13 12:06:54 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherr3/xvmtg83os49r/wish/330757822 heatherr3 https://padlet.com/heatherr3/xvmtg83os49r/wish/330758763 This was effected in the occupations and hobbies of the control groups weren't taken into account where a job in navigation or spatial awareness could affect hippocampal volume.

Ecological validity was considered high as the MRI scanner doesnt effect the brain so the conditions were what they would be like day to day.]]> 2019-02-13 12:11:00 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherr3/xvmtg83os49r/wish/330758763 heatherr3 https://padlet.com/heatherr3/xvmtg83os49r/wish/330759415 The study can be said to be androcentric as all of the participants were male; making it less generalisable. The study was matched participants as in they were all male, right handed and from london.]]> 2019-02-13 12:14:03 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherr3/xvmtg83os49r/wish/330759415