OCR A level Core Study: Maguire et al. (2000)

The concept of localisation is central to Maguire et al.'s (2000) study as it illustrates the role of the _____ in navigation.

• hippocampus
• hippotomus
• hypothalmus
• thalamus

Neural _____ is the idea that brain structures and function can change with expereince.

• plasticity
• flexibility
• specialisation
• specificity

Smulders et al. (1995) found the hippocampus of the black-capped chickadee _________ during the period when they are learning food locations.

• increased in volume
• decreased in volume
• increased in area
• decreased in area

Maguire et al.'s (2000) study aimed to investigate wheter there was a difference in hippocampal volume between individuals who did, or did not, have ________.

• extensive navigational experience
• extensive informational experience
• extensive environmental experience
• extensive notational experience

As participants already belonged to the existing groups of taxi drivers and controls the study was a _______.

• quasi experiment
• natural experiment
• field experiment
• laboratory experiment

Which experimental design was used in Maguire et al.'s (2000) study?

• independent groups
• matched pairs
• repeated measures
• correlational design

Which type of brain scan was used in Maguire et al.'s (2000) study?

• MRI
• CAT
• PET
• EEG

An image analysis technique called _____ was used to compare 16 taxi drivers with 16 precisely matched controls.

• pixel counting
• voxel-based morphometry
• pixie counting
• vauxhall-based morphometry

The scans from 13 of the control group were used to produce an image 'template' against which all scans were judged using a technique called ______.

• pixel counting
• voxel-based morphometry
• pixie counting
• vauxhall-based morphometry

Voxel-based morhometry was used to calculate the volume of ______ in different areas of the brain.

• grey matter
• white matter
• neurtransmitters
• dendrites