Researchers say the COVID pandemic has had an impact on people's cognitive abilities and risk perception.
The motivation to invest in social interactions is closely linked to the reward system via the activation of dopaminergic neurons.
Persistency allows value signals to be most efficiently coded across the brain, specifically in the retrosplenial cortex.
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.
Study reveals how the brain utilizes forward-thinking when we try to influence others or gain social control.
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.
Researchers examine the neuroscience behind why we make certain decisions when faced with multiple choices.
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.
Salient choice alone can have a powerful range of psychological effects, including the personal empowerment of an individual.
Recurrent neural networks within the human frontal cortex may be responsible for decision making, language, and movement, researchers report.
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.
Study reveals cognitive control can drive cheaters to be honest, and honest people to cheat.
