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·March 6, 2017·3 min read

Pupil Signals Uncertainty During Decision Making

Pupil dilation is at its largest when people are most uncertain about their situation, a new study reports.

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·February 2, 2017·4 min read

Two Brain Networks That Influence Decision Making Discovered

Researchers have identified two distinct mechanisms in the brain that control the balance between accuracy and speed when making decisions.

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·January 18, 2017·4 min read

How the Human Brain Decides What Is Important and What’s Not

A new study sheds light on how the brain helps us to learn and make decisions in the real world.

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·January 9, 2017·4 min read

New Model Predicts When People Are Willing To Try New Things

Researchers have developed a new model that can predict when people are most likely to try out new products.

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·December 13, 2016·3 min read

Brain Structure Best Explains Our Dwindling Tolerance of Risk

A new study links risk aversion to changes in gray matter volume in the right posterior parietal cortex.

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·December 13, 2016·4 min read

How Our Brains Are Biologically Tuned to Be Influenced by Confident People

The brain automatically places more value on the opinions of people who appear to be confident, a new study reports.

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·November 2, 2016·4 min read

Mapping the Neurological Processes of Learning and Deciding

Researchers have mapped the neurological processes behind how new information can influence a person to change their mind, providing new insight into the mechanisms of learning.

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·October 24, 2016·5 min read

Mouse Decision Making More Complex Than Once Thought

A new study reports rodent brains rely on a cascade of neural signals to help the animal choose one direction over another.

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·October 12, 2016·4 min read

Rock, Paper, Scissors: Why Your Own Brain Might Be Your Worst Enemy

Strategy goes out the window the more you win or lose, making it harder to win the next time around, a new study reports.

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·October 7, 2016·4 min read

Do We Really Have A Choice?

Researchers have found evidence that challenges the intuitive division between a ‘deciding’ and a ‘responding’ stage in decision making.

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·September 28, 2016·3 min read

How the Brain Decides Between Effort and Reward

A new study reports on how our brain decides if performing a certain task is worth the effort.

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·September 20, 2016·5 min read

Newly Discovered Neural Connections May Be Linked to Emotional Decision Making

Researchers have discovered connections withing the brain that appear to form a communication pathway between areas that control decision making, movement and emotion. They believe cells within the network could also be potential targets for Parkinson's disease.

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decision making

Pupil Signals Uncertainty During Decision Making

Two Brain Networks That Influence Decision Making Discovered

How the Human Brain Decides What Is Important and What’s Not

New Model Predicts When People Are Willing To Try New Things

Brain Structure Best Explains Our Dwindling Tolerance of Risk

How Our Brains Are Biologically Tuned to Be Influenced by Confident People

Mapping the Neurological Processes of Learning and Deciding

Mouse Decision Making More Complex Than Once Thought

Rock, Paper, Scissors: Why Your Own Brain Might Be Your Worst Enemy

Do We Really Have A Choice?

How the Brain Decides Between Effort and Reward

Newly Discovered Neural Connections May Be Linked to Emotional Decision Making

Ultra-Processed Foods Erodes Visual Attention

Why Feeling Good is Harder than Not Feeling Bad

Astrocytes Identified as Key Target for Treating Fragile X Syndrome

Liver Talks to the Brain to Control Appetite

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