Neural Signatures of Expertise in Semantic Causal Knowledge

Poster Session V

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Abstract: Are semantic brain networks sensitive to variation in ‘semantic expertise’? Physicians (n=16) and non-physicians (n=16) inferred illness causes while undergoing fMRI. A temporoparietal semantic network linked to living things concepts responded preferentially to illness inferences relative to mechanical inferences and non-causal language and showed a more robust effect in physicians.

• Miriam Hauptman (Presenting Author)
• Marina Bedny (Author)