Maguire

Question 0

Sample; what was the occupation of participants?

Answer 0

London taxi drivers

Question 1

Aim?

Answer 1

To determine whether changes could be determined in brains of humans who have extensive experience of special navigation

Question 2

Sample; state of participants?

Answer 2

Participants were healthy within the brain

Question 3

Sample; control group?

Answer 3

Control group the same but not taxi drivers

Question 4

Sample; how long were the taxi drivers occupied for?

Answer 4

18 months to 42 years

Question 5

Sample; average of participants license of being a taxi driver?

Answer 5

14.3 years

Question 6

Sample; participants are all?

Answer 6

Male

Question 7

Sample; how many participants were there?

Answer 7

16

Question 8

Sample; average age of participants?

Answer 8

44 years

Question 9

Sample; taxi drivers were all?

Answer 9

Right Handed

Question 10

Result?

Answer 10

The posterior hippocampi volume was higher in taxi drivers then normal people

Question 11

What was the correlation between? And what was the correlation? (- or +)?

Answer 11

Positive correlation between time spent as a taxi driver and the volume of posterior hippocampi volume

Question 12

Ethics

Answer 12

All good

Question 13

Ecologically valid?

Answer 13

Was in everyday life so worked with this?

Question 14

What prompted the study?

Answer 14

Birds that fly and know where they’re going intrigued Maguire to know about humans

Question 15

Sample;representative?

Answer 15

Not representative of people who are left handed, not representative to females, not representative to other places

Question 16

Generalisability?

Answer 16

Not generalisable to unhealthy brains