FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·July 11, 2019·3 min readArea of brain associated with spatial awareness and planning actions also plays crucial role in decision makingThe posterior parietal cortex, an area of the brain implicated in spatial awareness, plays a critical role in visual decision making.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 25, 2019·3 min readHow the brain helps us make good decisions, and bad onesThe orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) appears to play a significant role in our ability to make decisions. A network connecting the OFC and nucleus accumbens translates negative outcomes into values, while the OFC-amygdala circuit helps stabilize action values.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·June 20, 2019·5 min readHow to train your brain to have lucid dreamsA sleep researcher shares the secrets for training your brain to experience lucid dreams.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·June 15, 2019·4 min readMany choices seems promising until you actually have to chooseChoice overload can have negative consequences, a new study reveals.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeurosciencePsychology·June 13, 2019·15 min readThe neuroscience of terrorism: How researchers convinced a group of radicals to let them scan their brainA new neuroimaging study provides an insight into the neurobiology of those willing to commit terrorist acts. Researchers consider the psychological and social factors which also contribute to radicalization, and discuss how inclusive societies could help in the fight against political violence.Read More
AutismFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·May 28, 2019·5 min read‘Mindreading’ neurons capable of having expectations about the behavior of the othersSimulation neurons found in the amygdala allow animals to reconstruct the mental state of social partners and predict intentions. Dysfunction in these newly identified neurons may be involved in disorders associated with social behavioral problems, such as autism and social anxiety.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·May 22, 2019·4 min readExploring the science of decision-makingWhen faced with complex choices, people show bursts of exploration before settling into preferred options of higher value.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 16, 2019·5 min readHow we make complex decisionsWhen making complex decisions, the brain performs two computations using distributed network areas in the frontal cortex.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 9, 2019·3 min readScientists locate brain area where value decisions are made: Mouse studyThe retrosplenial cortex plays a vital role in value-based decision making.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 30, 2019·4 min readTo boldly go or anxiously hang back? Mouse StudyInhibiting VIP interneurons disrupts medial prefrontal cortex representations of anxiety-related information which drive avoidance behaviors.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·April 16, 2019·5 min readWhen it comes to learning, what’s better: The carrot or the stick?People are more confident in decisions, and execute choices more quickly, if they are chasing a reward. However, we become more flexible in our decisions when trying to avoid a negative outcome.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 15, 2019·4 min readLow-intensity ultrasound can change decision-making process in the brainA study of macaque monkeys reveals low-intensity ultrasound can both generate and suppress signalling in the brain and modulate normal function. The ultrasonic stimulation alters counterfactual thinking, allowing the ability to decide upon a better alternative in decision-making tasks.Read More
