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The Neurons Behind Changing Your Mind? (1 of 3)

Caption: Uncertainty about the state of the world triggers a reset signal in the brain. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Oct. 5, 2012, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Mattias Karlsson at Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Ashburn, Va., and colleagues was titled, "Network Resets in Medial Prefrontal Cortex Mark the Onset of Behavioral Uncertainty."

Credit: Illustration by Katie Ris-Vicari

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