Dr. Coria is in the process of reviewing a recent article submission and noticed that the authors stressed that the rats' intelligence increased because of the experimental manipulation. Dr. Coria is concerned that it was familiarity with the behavioral intervention of a maze, not an increase in intelligence. Dr. Coria is referring to:

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Dr. Coria's concern about the increase in intelligence being due to familiarity with the maze points to the possibility of practice effects, which refer to the improvement in performance that results from repeated exposure to a task or situation. Maturation refers to changes that occur naturally over time, such as physical growth or cognitive development, and order effects and history are not relevant to this scenario.

Dr Coria Is in the Process of Reviewing a Recent