Maguire,Woollett,and Spiers Conducted an FMRI Study of the Role of the Hippocampus

question 77

Multiple Choice

Maguire,Woollett,and Spiers conducted an fMRI study of the role of the hippocampus in spatial memory.The study showed that years of experience driving a taxi in London was _____ correlated with the size of posterior portions of the hypothalamus and _____ correlated with the size of anterior portions of the hypothalamus.

• A)positively; negatively
• B)positively; positively
• C)negatively; negatively
• D)negatively; positively

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