{"id":34284,"date":"2017-02-07T23:47:42","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T07:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/two-brain-networks-crucial-to-decision-making-identified"},"modified":"2017-04-24T18:53:26","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T01:53:26","slug":"two-brain-networks-crucial-to-decision-making-identified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/two-brain-networks-crucial-to-decision-making-identified","title":{"rendered":"Two Brain Networks Crucial To Decision-Making Identified"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/two-brain-networks-crucial-to-decision-making-identified.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers have found two different neural paths responsible for decision-making processes in humans, related to accuracy and speed. The results of this research could help scientists create better treatment for patients suffering from neurological disorders. ( Oli Scarff | Getty Images ) <\/p>\n<p>Two new mechanisms responsible for the balance between speed and accuracy in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techtimes.com\/articles\/180146\/20160930\/is-it-worth-it-here-s-how-your-brain-decides-between-effort-and-reward.htm\">humans\u2019 decision-making process<\/a> have been identified. Researchers have brought new insight on how quickly a decision can be made and on the amount of information necessary to make it.<\/p>\n<p>The research, conducted by scientists from the Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit at the University of Oxford, was published in the journal <em>eLife<\/em>, and it explains in greater detail a type of brain wiring that could be employed in treating neurological disorders, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techtimes.com\/articles\/190533\/20170101\/single-protein-may-hold-secret-to-treating-parkinson-s-alzheimer-s-disease-study.htm\">Parkinson\u2019s disease<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techtimes.com\/articles\/195727\/20170206\/two-brain-networks-crucial-to-decision-making-identified.htm\">http:\/\/www.techtimes.com\/articles\/195727\/20170206\/two-brain-...tified.htm<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers have found two different neural paths responsible for decision-making processes in humans, related to accuracy and speed. The results of this research could help scientists create better treatment for patients suffering from neurological disorders. ( Oli Scarff | Getty Images ) Two new mechanisms responsible for the balance between speed and accuracy in the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":395,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34284"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49008,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34284\/revisions\/49008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}