AS Psychology Core Studies - Maguire et. al - Flashcards in A Level and IB Psychology

What two techniques were used to measure the change in the taxi drivers' brains in response to their jobs?

VBM (Voxel Based Morphometry) and Pixel Counting

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What year was the study conducted in?

2000

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How is the experiment a quasi-experiment?

Because the participants are either taxi drivers or not, they can only be in one group

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VBM (Voxel Based Morphometry) is..

identifying differences in density of the grey matter in different parts of the brain

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How many slides were used were examined in the Pixel Counting Technique per brain in the final analysis?

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The results support the conclusion that driving experience affected the changes to the hippocampus?

Yes, as the right hippocampal volume was significantly correlated with driving experience

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Who were the Participants?

16 Taxi Drivers (Mean age 44) and and age and gender matched control group

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Was there a correlation between the time spent training as a taxi driver and the volume of the right posterior hippocampus?

True

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What year was the study conducted in?

2000

How is the experiment a quasi-experiment?

VBM (Voxel Based Morphometry) is..

How many slides were used were examined in the Pixel Counting Technique per brain in the final analysis?

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