Decision-making brain circuits may get altered under the influence of a racing heart through the body-state monitoring neurons.
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‘Decision-making brain circuits may get altered under the influence of a racing heart through the body-state monitoring neurons that can hijack the process.
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The present study explored the brain’s decision-making processes through these bodily processes by analyzing the data from a previous study of non-human primates. The electrical activity was recorded from neurons in two of the brain’s decision centers called the orbitofrontal cortex and dorsal anterior cingulate cortex. ![twitter](https://images.medindia.net/icons/news/social/twitter.png)
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Brain Circuitry and Decision making
It was found that two of the brain’s decision-making centers contain neurons that may exclusively monitor the body’s internal dynamics. That is, the activity of about a sixth of the neurons in either area correlated with fluctuations in heart rate.
Moreover, the rewiring of one of these centers was driven by a heightened state of arousal that turned some of the decision-making neurons into internal state monitors.
The scientists also found that turning off the brain’s emotional center – the amygdala, resulted in raised heart rates by up to 15 beats per minute. This suggests that when the animals’ arousal state was heightened, it hampered the decision-making process.
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