Researchers find two brain circuits involved with habitual learning
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 - 11:41
in Psychology & Sociology
Driving to and from work is a habit for most commuters - we do it without really thinking. But before our commutes became routine, we had to learn our way through trial-and-error exploration. A new study out of MIT has found that there are two brain circuits involved with this kind of learning and that the patterns of activity in these circuits evolve as our behaviors become more habitual.