Quiz on Maguire's Study of London Taxi Drivers

Quiz on Maguire's Study of London Taxi Drivers

12th Grade

15 Qs

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Quiz on Maguire's Study of London Taxi Drivers

Quiz on Maguire's Study of London Taxi Drivers

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12th Grade

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Martin Fitzgerald

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the main aim of Maguire's study on London taxi drivers?

To compare the driving skills of taxi drivers and non-drivers

To investigate the impact of stress on taxi drivers

To see if the brains of taxi drivers were different due to their navigation experience

To analyze the sleep patterns of taxi drivers

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many right-handed male London taxi drivers participated in the study?

10

16

25

50

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the control group in the study?

Left-handed taxi drivers

Right-handed males who did not drive taxis

Female taxi drivers

Taxi drivers from other cities

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What test did participants have to complete to be part of the study?

Driving test

"Knowledge" test

Memory test

Spatial awareness test

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of study was conducted by Maguire?

Experimental

Longitudinal

Correlational

Case study

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What technique was used to measure the density of grey matter in the brain?

MRI scanning

Voxel-based morphology (VBM)

EEG

CT scan

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did pixel counting reveal about the posterior hippocampi of taxi drivers?

They were smaller than those of control subjects

They were significantly larger than those of control subjects

They were the same size as those of control subjects

They were non-existent

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