Neural circuits involved in making risky decisions found

Wednesday, July 27, 2016 - 15:01 in Psychology & Sociology

New research sheds light on what’s going on inside our heads as we decide whether to take a risk or play it safe. Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis located a region of the brain involved in decisions made under conditions of uncertainty, and identified some of the cells involved in […]

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