(PLOS) New research has revealed how three important brain signaling chemicals affect the way that we handle uncertainty. It turns out that noradrenaline regulates our estimates of how unstable the environment is, acetylcholine helps us adapt to changing environments, and dopamine pushes us to act on our beliefs about uncertainty. The research, publishing Nov. 15 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology, was led by Louise Marshall and Dr. Sven Bestmann at the UCL (University College London) Institute of Neurology.
from EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science http://ift.tt/2fTpsDP
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