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SUBMITTER: Weisberg SM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6513697 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Weisberg Steven M SM Newcombe Nora S NS Chatterjee Anjan A
Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior 20190207
Work with non-human animals and human navigation experts (London taxi drivers) suggests that the size of the hippocampus, particularly the right posterior hippocampus in humans, relates to navigation expertise. Similar observations, sometimes implicating other sections of the hippocampus, have been made for aging populations and for people with neurodegenerative diseases that affect the hippocampus. These data support the hypothesis that hippocampal volume relates to navigation ability. However, ...[more]