Beilock et al. (2008) analyzed the brain scans of hockey experts and novices as they thought about hockey and found that:
A) Experts' and novices' brains looked very similar, except that the experts had an additional brain area become more active: the premotor cortex
B) Experts' and novices' brains looked very similar, except that the novices had an additional brain area become more active: the premotor cortex
C) Experts' and novices' brains looked very similar, except that the experts had an additional brain area become more active: the prefrontal cortex
D) Experts' and novices' brains looked very similar, except that the novices had an additional brain area become more active: the prefrontal cortex

Question

Beilock et al. (2008) analyzed the brain scans of hockey experts and novices as they thought about hockey and found that:
A) Experts' and novices' brains looked very similar, except that the experts had an additional brain area become more active: the premotor cortex
B) Experts' and novices' brains looked very similar, except that the novices had an additional brain area become more active: the premotor cortex
C) Experts' and novices' brains looked very similar, except that the experts had an additional brain area become more active: the prefrontal cortex 
D) Experts' and novices' brains looked very similar, except that the novices had an additional brain area become more active: the prefrontal cortex

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Beilock et al. (2008) found that while the brains of hockey experts and novices looked very similar when thinking about hockey, experts had an additional brain area become more active: the premotor cortex. This suggests that experts may have developed specialized neural pathways for motor planning and execution related to their specific sport.

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