Navigational expertise may compromise anterograde associative memory
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Navigational expertise may compromise anterograde associative memory
Grey matter volume increases have been associated with expertise in a range of domains. Much less is known, however, about the broader cognitive advantages or costs associated with skills and their concomitant neuroanatomy. In this study we investigated a group of highly skilled navigators, licensed London taxi drivers. We replicated findings from previous studies by showing taxi drivers had gr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neuropsychologia
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0028-3932
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.12.036