The Protein for Quick Decision-Makers

Monday, October 26, 2009 - 17:07 in Psychology & Sociology

(PhysOrg.com) -- Everyday, people are required to make decisions quickly and flexibly. In a flash, they must weigh up the advantages, disadvantages and possible consequences of their behaviour and coordinate it with the relevant external circumstances. This learning process involves the messenger substance dopamine.

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