Physiological-maguire Et Al

Question 0

Describe the experimental group (taxi drivers)
How many
Hands
What's ages (mean)
Licensing 
All pass wat test
Healthy

Answer 0

16 males
Right handed
32-62 mean 44
Licensed at least 18 months - 42 yrs
All passed the knowledge 
All healthy medically, neurologically and psychologically

Question 1

What r the 3 aims

Answer 1

To investigate:
The differences in the brain of London taxi drivers
The function of the hippocampus in spatial memory
The plasticity of the brain (can it change in response to learning)

Question 2

Describe non experimental group (the control group)
How did they compare

(Right nd left handed brains are slightly different)

Answer 2

Compared to the experimental group
Researchers selected 50 scans frm MRI database where taxi drivers were scanned
16 selected and were compared 
None of scans from taxi drivers
Age ND gender matche

Question 3

What research method was it and why

Answer 3

Quasi experiment - independent variable is naturally occurring

Whether they were a taxi driver or not - cannot be manipulated its naturally occurring

Question 4

What 2 techniques were used to analyse data from structural MRI scans

Answer 4

Voxel based morphometry VBM

pixel counting

Question 5

Why did they bother using 2 techniques rather than one

Answer 5

VBM was recently developed technique - wanted to be sure

Question 6

Names the 2 co-variables in correlation analysis

Answer 6

VBM ANALYSIS OF HIPPOCAMPAL VOLUME

TIME SPENT AS TAXI DRIVER IN MONTHS

Question 7

Nature-nurture debate centres on whether we’re shaped by our genes or enviroment
What would maguires study suggest

Answer 7

Nurture

The environment influenced the structure of the hippocampus