Maguire,Woollett,and Spiers conducted an fMRI study of the role of the hippocampus in spatial memory.The study showed that years of experience driving a taxi in London was _____ correlated with the size of posterior portions of the hypothalamus and _____ correlated with the size of anterior portions of the hypothalamus.
A)positively; negatively
B)positively; positively
C)negatively; negatively
D)negatively; positively

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The study found that years of experience driving a taxi in London were positively correlated with the size of the posterior hippocampus and negatively correlated with the size of the anterior hippocampus.

Maguire,Woollett,and Spiers Conducted an FMRI Study of the Role of the Hippocampus