Hruska and Colleagues Had Expert and Novice Doctors Read Clinical

question 4

Multiple Choice

Hruska and colleagues had expert and novice doctors read clinical cases and reason about the appropriate treatment while undergoing fMRI neuroimaging. Their results suggested that

• A) experts showed more activation in the prefrontal cortex, areas implicated in working-memory processes, than novices did.
• B) experts and novices showed equal activation in the prefrontal cortex.
• C) neither experts nor novices showed activation in the prefrontal cortex.
• D) expert doctors possessed more sophisticated long-term memory knowledge that reduced the burden on their working memory systems.

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