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·November 22, 2021·6 min read

Feast or Forage: Study Finds Circuit That Helps a Brain Decide

A new study reveals the complex architecture of a decision-making circuit in the brains of C. elegans that prompts them to forage for food or stop once a source has been found.

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·November 3, 2021·5 min read

Our Brains May Think Two Steps Ahead When Trying to Sway Others

Study reveals how the brain utilizes forward-thinking when we try to influence others or gain social control.

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·October 22, 2021·5 min read

When and Why Did Human Brains Decrease in Size 3,000 Years Ago?

A new study reports human brain size decreased in size approximately 3,000 years ago, and the brain shrinkage parallels the expansion of collective intelligence in human societies.

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·October 19, 2021·4 min read

What Happens in Your Brain When You Make a Decision?

Researchers examine the neuroscience behind why we make certain decisions when faced with multiple choices.

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·October 15, 2021·5 min read

How the Brain Deals With Uncertainty

How do we make decisions during times when we are uncertain? A new study may have clues. Researchers identified a specific set of neurons that prevent the brain from using unreliable information when faced with decision-making.

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Featured Psychology

·September 30, 2021·5 min read

Our Choices May Be Making Us More Individualistic

Salient choice alone can have a powerful range of psychological effects, including the personal empowerment of an individual.

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·September 24, 2021·5 min read

Researchers Study Recurrent Neural Network Structure in the Brain

Recurrent neural networks within the human frontal cortex may be responsible for decision making, language, and movement, researchers report.

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·September 15, 2021·5 min read

Study Pinpoints the Uncertainty of Our Working Memory

Brain areas associated with working memory also gauge the quality and uncertainty of memories. Researchers reveal details about the neural mechanisms of working memory that allow us to make decisions based on our certainty of memories.

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·September 13, 2021·3 min read

To Cheat or Not to Cheat?

Study reveals cognitive control can drive cheaters to be honest, and honest people to cheat.

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·September 1, 2021·4 min read

When Humans Play in Competition With a Humanoid Robot, They Delay Their Decisions When the Robot Looks at Them

The gaze of a humanoid robot influences the way people react to social decision-making tasks.

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·August 30, 2021·4 min read

Perceptions of Supernatural Beings Reveal Feelings About Good and Bad in Humans

People's beliefs about good and evil supernatural agents are influenced by how they view their fellow humans and human behavior.

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·August 30, 2021·5 min read

How a Racing Heart May Alter Decision-Making Brain Circuits

Heightened states of arousal altered neural circuits in a brain area associated with decision making, resulting in some neurons changing from decision making to internal state monitors.