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

question 78

Multiple Choice

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 behavioural therapy and now will have his brain scanned.
Compared to people receiving other kinds of therapy, Lee-Joon's brain:

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

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