localization

Question 1

localization

Answer 1

every behavior is associated with a brain region

Question 2

hypocampus

Answer 2

in charge of memory, learning, and spatial orientation

Question 3

Maguire (2000) - quasi experiemnt

Answer 3

• to examine the structural changes in the brain of london taxi drivers
• participants were taxi drivers who had been driving for more than 1.5 years, and participants who did not drive taxis
• MRI scans were obtained
• increased gray matter in the taxi drivers hypocampus compared to those who did not drive
• gray matter redistributed from the anterior hypocampus (learning new spatial information) to posterior hypocampus (utilizing spatial orientation) indicating that practice with spatial navigation affects hypocampus