Brain response to information about the future suggests that ignorance isn't bliss

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 11:42 in Psychology & Sociology

New research demonstrates that single neurons in the reward center of the brain process not only primitive rewards but also more abstract, cognitive rewards related to the quest for information about the future.

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