New research published by investigators at Cedars-Sinai advances scientific understanding of how the brain weighs decisions involving what people like or value, such as choosing which book to read, which restaurant to pick for lunch-;or even, which slot machine to play in a casino.
Our ability to try new things and learn from successes and failures depends a lot on cells in the brain s frontal lobe behind the forehead, report researchers who learned more from new lab tests.
Our ability to try new things and learn from successes and failures depends a lot on cells in the brain s frontal lobe behind the forehead, report researchers who learned more from new lab tests.
Researchers identified a group of neurons in the frontal lobe that enables flexibility to learn new skills and the focus to develop sophisticated skills. The brain uses the same group of neurons for performance feedback in a variety of situations.