For Easy Tasks, Brain Preps and Decides Together

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A brain scan illustrates areas that became active when the subject was presented with a stimulus. In this study those same areas also became active when the subject was cued to the task indicating that the same areas of the brain that respond to stim ...
A brain scan illustrates areas that became active when the subject was presented with a stimulus. In this study, those same areas also became active when the subject was cued to the task, indicating that the same areas of the brain that respond to stimulus also contribute to preparation. Credit: Eric Schumacher/Georgia Tech

A Georgia Tech researcher has discovered that for tasks involving spatial processing, preparing for the task and performing it are not two separate brain processes, but one – at least when there are a small number of actions to choose from. The research appears online in the journal Brain Research.


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