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·July 7, 2017·4 min read

Changes in Brain Regions May Explain Why Some Prefer Certainty and Order

Changes in the orbitofrontal cortex and basolateral amygdala may help explain a person's preference for uncertain outcomes, as well as a preference for order and certainty, a new study reports.

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·June 27, 2017·5 min read

Adults With Autism Make More Consistent Choices

A new study reports that while people on the autism spectrum often show reduced sensitivity to contextual information in perceptual tasks, this may actually head them to make more consistent choices in higher level decision making tasks.

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·June 23, 2017·6 min read

Chatter in the Deep Brain Spurs Empathy in Rats

Study sheds light on how the brain coordinates complex decision involving empathy and altruism.

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·June 21, 2017·4 min read

Forgetting Can Make You Smarter

Researchers say the goal of memory is not to transmit the most accurate information over time, but to optimize intelligent decision making by holding on to valuable information.

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·June 9, 2017·4 min read

Sweet or Savory? How the Brain Makes Preference Based Decisions

Researchers have identified a neural system involved in making decisions based on preference.

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·June 8, 2017·5 min read

Simple Tasks Don’t Test Brain’s True Complexity

The brain's ability to use approximate probabilistic inference can not be studied by simple tasks that are not well suited to expose the inferential computations that make the brain special, researchers say.

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·June 6, 2017·5 min read

Sequential Options Prompt Future Thinking and Boost Patience

According to researchers, people are better able to exercise patience and better imagine future outcomes when framing choices as a sequence of events.