Navigation expertise and the human hippocampus: A structural brain imaging analysis

A. Maguire, Eleanor; J. Spiers, Hugo; D. Good, Catriona; T. Hartley, Tom; S. J. Frackowiak, R.; Burgess, Neil

doi:10.1002/hipo.10087

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Navigation expertise and the human hippocampus: A structural brain imaging analysis

Published in Hippocampus • Jan 1, 2003

Authors:

Eleanor A. Maguire

Hugo J. Spiers

Catriona D. Good

Abstract

Grey matter volume in the posterior hippocampus of London taxi drivers is greater than in age-matched controls, and the size of this increase correlates positively with time spent taxi driving (E.A. Maguire et al., 2000. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 97: 4398-4403). This change suggests that increased post...

Subject

Neuroscience

Hippocampus

Psychology

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