Lee-Joon Is in a Research Study in Which Researchers Compare

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Lee-Joon is in a research study in which researchers compare brain changes in people receiving different types of treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder.Lee-Joon recently completed cognitive-behavioral therapy and now will have his brain scanned.Compared to the brains of people receiving other kinds of therapy,Lee-Joon's brain will show:

• A) little change, because cognitive-behavioral therapy is not a biological treatment
• B) the same brain changes as people receiving drug therapy
• C) increased brain changes but not in the same areas as people receiving drug therapy
• D) changes in brain function, whereas those receiving drug therapy will not

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Definitions:

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