How Bodily Signals May Hijack Decision-Making Brain Circuits (IMAGE)

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine

How Bodily Signals May Hijack Decision-Making Brain Circuits

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Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai showed how body-monitoring neurons can hijack the brain’s decision-making process during aroused states. Above is a Ven diagram of neural activity from a brain decision-making center. The “Direction” and “Value” circles represent decision-making cells and the “Heart Circle” represents body-monitoring neurons.

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Courtesy of the Rudebeck lab, Mount Sinai, N.Y., N.Y

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