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What approach was Maguire et al's study in?
Physiological
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What was the aim of Maguire et al's taxi drivers study?
To investigate the functions of the hippocampus especially in relation to a group of taxi drivers
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What was the sample used in Maguire et al's taxi drivers study?
16 taxi drivers (all male, all right handed) and 50 control pts (all male, all right handed)
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What was the IV and DV in Maguire et al's taxi drivers study?
IV: Whether pts are taxi drivers or not DV: Hippocampul volume
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What was the methodology used in Maguire et al's taxi driver study?
MRI scans done on each taxi driver. Scans analysed by VBM & pixel counting. Analysis of scans recorded by "blind research" and on different regions of the hippocampus (anterior & posterior)
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