Brain mechanisms for behavioral flexibility

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 - 13:07 in Psychology & Sociology

New research provides insight into how the brain can execute different actions in response to the same stimulus. The study, published by Cell Press in the April 16 issue of the journal Neuron, suggests that information from single brain cells cannot be interpreted differently within a short time period, a finding that is important for understanding both normal cognition and psychiatric disorders.

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