Neuroscientists from MIT have found the underlying mechanisms for the steering of attention away from trivial tasks towards potential threats, and they believe that dopamine is central to this process. Danger signals are received and interpreted in the brain’s prefrontal cortex (PFC) which is ...
Date Posted: November 14, 2018
Categories: Executive Functions, Other, Paranoia / Suspiciousness
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