Neural basis of nonanalytical reasoning expertise during clinical evaluation

Brain and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 10-

  Durning, Steven J ^a   Costanzo, Michelle E ^a   Artino, Anthony R ^a   Graner, John ^b   van der Vleuten, Cees ^c   Beckman, Thomas J ^d   Wittich, Christopher M ^d   Roy, Michael J ^a   Holmboe, Eric S ^e   Schuwirth, Lambert ^f  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^f FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dual process theory; Expertise; Functional MRI; Medical education; Neural efficiency; Nonanalytical reasoning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONANALYTIC REASONING; OCCIPITAL GYRUS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUPERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS; WORKING MEMORY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; THINKING;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIANS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; THINKING;

EID: 84925362263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21623279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/brb3.309     Document Type: Article

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