How the brain switches between different sets of rules

Wednesday, November 21, 2018 - 10:50 in Psychology & Sociology

Cognitive flexibility — the brain’s ability to switch between different rules or action plans depending on the context — is key to many of our everyday activities. For example, imagine you’re driving on a highway at 65 miles per hour. When you exit onto a local street, you realize that the situation has changed and […]

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