by Yasmin Anwar
Futurity
Originally posted June 13, 2016
New research suggests it’s possible to detect when our brain is making a decision and nudge it to make the healthier choice.
In recording moment-to-moment deliberations by macaque monkeys over which option is likely to yield the most fruit juice, scientists have captured the dynamics of decision-making down to millisecond changes in neurons in the brain’s orbitofrontal cortex.
The article is here.
