Thinking and choosing in the brain: Researchers study over 300 lesion patients
Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - 21:30
in Psychology & Sociology
The frontal lobes are the largest part of the human brain, and damage to this area can result in profound impairments in reasoning and decision making. Neuroscientists studied brain-lesion patients to map brain activity in the frontal lobes. Results showed that reasoning and behavioral control are dependent on different regions of the lobes than the areas called upon when making a decision.