According to a Study by Maguire and Colleagues,which Part of a Taxi

question 113

Multiple Choice

According to a study by Maguire and colleagues,which part of a taxi driver's brain is more likely to be larger than normal,and why?

• A) frontal lobe; quick motor reactions
• B) hippocampus; greater and more accurate representations of the spatial world
• C) cerebellum; quick motor reactions
• D) thalamus; greater and more accurate representations of the spatial world

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