Localisation Of Brain

One study of localisation of function in the brain is Maguire (2000), who looked at the role of the hippocampus in spatial memory. Localisation is a theory that different parts of the brain are responsible for certain behaviours or functions. The hippocampus is located in the medial temporal lobe of the brain, and is associated with memory and spatial navigation. Maguire’s study provides some insight into the localisation of these functions in the hippocampus.
Maguire’s study was a natural experiment, aiming to see if spatial memory was localised in the hippocampus. The procedure was using MRI scans to compare the brains of two groups of people – a control group, made up of 16 right handed taxi drivers and 50 right-handed males who were not