Hruska and Colleagues Had Expert and Novice Doctors Read Clinical

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.