By Neuroscience News
A new study provides insights into the evolutionary origins of cognitive flexibility, an essential skill for adaptation and survival.
Participants were studied using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) while learning a sensorimotor task, the findings of which showed the importance of sensory brain regions in decision-making.
The researchers also discovered surprising similarities between the brain activity of humans and mice during this task.
These results suggest that the interplay between the frontal brain and sensory brain regions for decision-making formed early in evolutionary development.