Simple Brain Mechanisms Explain Arbitrary Human Visual Decisions

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 10:00 in Psychology & Sociology

Scientists report that a simple decision-making task does not involve the frontal lobes, where many of the higher aspects of human cognition, including self-awareness, are thought to originate. Instead, the regions that decide are the same brain regions that receive stimuli relevant to the decision and control the body's response to it.

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