Whether you’re choosing between job offers or deciding which car or house to buy, this region is probably involved.
One of the smallest parts of the brain has a vital role in decision-making, a new study suggests.
The area of the brain, the lateral habenula, near the centre, has previously been associated with avoidant behaviour and depression, but is now being looked at again.
Professor Stan Floresco, one of the study’s authors said:
“These findings clarify the brain processes involved in the important decisions that we make on a daily basis, from choosing between job offers to deciding which house or car to buy.
“It also suggests that the scientific community has misunderstood the true functioning of this mysterious, but important, region of the brain.”
