Bartlett, James C.Boggan, Amy L.Krawczyk, Daniel C.2014-07-012014-07-012013-12-031662-5161http://hdl.handle.net/10735.1/3624A classic finding in research on human expertise and knowledge is that of enhanced memory for stimuli in a domain of expertise as compared to either stimuli outside that domain, or within-domain stimuli that have been degraded or distorted in some way. However, we do not understand how experts process degradation or distortion of stimuli within the expert domain (e.g., a face with the eyes, nose, and mouth in the wrong positions, or a chessboard with pieces placed randomly). Focusing on the domain of chess, we present new fMRI evidence that when experts view such distorted/within-domain stimuli, they engage an active search for structure-a kind of exploratory chunking-that involves a component of a prefrontal-parietal network linked to consciousness, attention and working memory.;CC BY 3.0 (Attribution)©2013 The Authors.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Chess playersConsciousnessExpertiseMeaning (Psychology)Prefrontal-parietal networkTextBartlett, James C., Amy L. Boggan, and Daniel C. Krawczyk. 2013. "Expertise and processing distorted structure in chess." 7(825): 1-11.7