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Maguire E., Frackowiak R., Frith C. (1997)
Recalling Routes around London: Activation of the Right
Hippocampus in Taxi DriversJournal of Neuroscience, 17, 7103-7110
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Where is spatial memory?
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Core studies (Banyard, p152-3)
• PET – positron emission tomography
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Core studies
• MEG – magneto-encephalography
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Core studies
• MRI – magnetic resonance imaging• Slice / box technique
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Core studies
• fMRI – functional magnetic resonance imaging
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Evaluation of PET scans
• With colour and shading it all looks pretty wonderful, but…
• PET (&fMRI) don’t show neural activity as such, rather blood flow or glucose metabolism indicative of neural activity
• Excitatory ‘hotspot switches’ on and off look the same to the scan
• With practice, brain activity on task decreases
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Evaluation of PET scans
• Sensitive machine; must inject enough radioactive material – dangerous?
• ‘Noise’ from surrounding brain areas (e.g. out of 17 studies, 84 areas were indicated as being involved in object recognition)
• PET scanners are large and expensive
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• Nevertheless, brain scans do tell some interesting stories…
• e.g. Maguire et al 1997
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(Optional research assignment)
• What are some similarities & differences between the types of scans?
• Think about:– How they work– The data they provide
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Maguire et al (1997)
• Aim:• Investigate the neural basis for spatial
memory
• Method:• Using PET, measure neural activity during
topographical (=space/location) semantic (=facts/language) memory tasks
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Maguire et al (1997)
• Participants:
• 11• London black-cab taxi drivers• Av. age 45
• Av. experience 14.5 years
• Informed written consent
• Local hospital ethics committee approved the study
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Procedure
• Factorial design, 2 factors of interest:• Topographical and sequencing memory
• Why? To distinguish brain activity during route planning, i.e. places in order (topo. & seq.), from brain activity during other types of memory task
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Procedure
• Tasks: describe…
• routes (shortest legal) → T+ S+
• landmarks (not in London) → T+ S-
• film plots (famous) → T- S+
• film frames (stills) → T- S-• 4-digit numbers (baseline comparison task)
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Procedure
T+ T-S+
Routes Film plots
S-Landmarks Film
frames
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Controls
• repeat 4-digit numbers as baseline comparison task
• participants blindfolded throughout
• speech output digitally recorded
• identical procedure for each participant
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PET scans
• Data is gathered over 90 seconds following the radioactive injection
• During each scan one item is presented (i.e. one route / plot / landmark / frame)
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Results
• Comparing the two factors…– memory type: topographical vs. non-topographical– sequencing: with vs. without
• …with the baseline condition…– number repetition
• …gives a picture of the neural systems supporting each task
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Results / Understanding
• Simple main effects• Routes recall:
– increased activation of the medial parietal lobe, posterior cingulate cortex,
parahippocampal gyrus and the R hippocampus
• Landmarks recall:– increased activation of the medial parietal lobe, posterior cingulate cortex,
parahippocampal gyrus, oocipitotemporal regions but not the R hippocampus
• Film plots vs. frames, no sig. diff. in rCBF– (=Regional cerebral blood flow)
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Results / Understanding
• So…?
• the evidence supports:
• semantic topographical memory retrieval is associated with the R hippocampus
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Results / Understanding
• Compound main effects – 1/2• Routes & landmarks (topographical)• vs.• Film tasks (non-topographical)
• Increased activation of bilateral medial parietal regions, posterior cingulate
cortices, fusiform gyri, parahippocampal gyri (i.e. a number of) brain areas during topo. tasks
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Results / Understanding
• Compound main effects – 2/2• Routes & plots (sequencing)• vs.• Landmarks & frames (non-sequencing)
• Some small differences in brain area activity
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Results / Understanding
• So…?
• the evidence supports:
• ‘entirely different’ brain regions are activated during topo. and non-topo. memory retrieval
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Understanding
• This study indicates:
• the role of the R hippocampus (and some specific other brain regions) in processing spatial layouts over long time periods
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But…• Another study (Aguirre 1996) found no
hippocampal activation in topographical memory tasks
• Who’s right?
• Aguirre used a computer-simulated environment
• Higher ecological validity Maguire 1997• Real world task
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Understanding
• both topographical tasks (routes and landmarks) activated many of the same brain areas
• main difference: activation of R hippocampus in routes task, not in landmarks task
• route planning (=navigation) appears to be located there
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Application
• Is this research useful?• Why? Why not? Does it matter?• Topographical disorientation after brain lesions
• Humans and many animals can navigate in large-scale space. Many species with far smaller brains can navigate successfully.
• Navigation is a phylogenically old ability – located in the ‘primitive’ hippocampus, not in frontal cerebral regions.
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Analysis & Evaluation
• Small sample?
• No research on
• … but brain scans are a relatively new research technique – each new study adds to our body of knowledge
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Analysis & Evaluation
• Nature• Are London taxi drivers born with
unusual brains?
• Nurture• Do London taxi drivers develop unusual
brains? (see Maguire et al 2000, in Banyard p158)
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Can you evaluate this study?
• in terms of…
• experimental validity (control of variables)• ecological validity (realistic task)• external validity (generalisation)• ethical validity• reliability (replication, objectivity)
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Review
• Where was/were the– experimental design– IV– DV– Factors of interest– Method/procedure– Main results/findings
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Further reading
• Maguire et al.’s article: Journal of Neuroscience • At the bottom of that page, you can find more on:
– The hippocampus– Spatial memory & wayfinding e.g. in blind people – MRI and brain development
• The Wellcome Trust • UCL
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