Caltech researchers pinpoint brain region that influences gambling decisions

All they needed to do was take a MRI Brain Scan while subject decided.

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"For this particular study, we were interested in what part of the brain might play a role in controlling these strategies that drive behavior," says O'Doherty, who conducted the study along with postdoctoral scholar Ryan Jessup.

"This finding suggests that the dorsal striatum is particularly involved in driving reinforcement-learning behaviors." Read more at medicaldaily.com

 

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