Buridan's donkey: Neuroscience resolves medieveal decision-making conundrum
Tuesday, December 11, 2018 - 08:40
in Psychology & Sociology
The brain updates its preferences in real-time in order to choose between two equally attractive options, reveals a human neuroimaging and eye-tracking study. The research shows how we avoid becoming paralyzed by indecision like the starving donkey in a famous thought experiment.