A new zebrafish study reveals the important role the cerebellum plays in cognition, decision making, and motor planning.
Changes of mind could be caused by heightened uncertainty about an initial decision.
Results from a new study implicate the ventromedial thalamus in cost-benefit decision making.
A new study addresses whether religiousity is associated with lower intelligence. Researchers report religious people appear to be predisposed to rely more heavily on intuition when it comes to decision making, over reasoning. They conclude cognitive training could allow religious minded people to maintain their believes without over relying on intuition when making decisions.
Study highlights the role dopamine receptors play in motivation and decision making.
A new study reveals the influence testosterone levels play in adolescent decision making.
Neuroparasitology could shed new light into the neurological basis for behavior and decision making, researchers say.
A new study sheds light on the neural mechanisms behind how we make effortful decisions.
The brain maximizes performance while minimizing cost by using data compression to help optimize decision-making.
According to researchers, when faced with high stakes decision making tasks, people are more likely to lose sight of personal morality, leading to more cheating and less charitable efforts.
Researchers look at what happens in the brain when we make snap decisions under stress.
Decisions based on values depend upon how the two hemispheres of the brain interact, researchers report.
