Activity in brain for making coherent thoughts rises with difficult decision making:Scientists
Q. As difficulty of making decisions rises, activity in a part of the brain crucial to making coherent thoughts also rises. What is this area called?- Published on 30 May 16a. Frontal lobe
b. Cerebral cortex
c. Insular cortex
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Insular cortex
As the difficulty of making decisions rises, activity in the part of the brain critical to make coherent thoughts also rises. Researchers found a strong positive correlation between perceptual difficulties and activities in the part of the brain called the Insular cortex
- This cortex is divided into anterior, middle and posterior insula
- Perceptual decision making is the process in which sensory information is gathered and used to influence our behaviour
- Study found that the activity of the anterior insulae can predict how sensory information is perceived or what the difficulty level of the perceptual task is
- Research is vital because activity in the anterior insulae along with two nearby brain structures makes up the salience network
- Impairments in this network could be linked to psychiatric illnesses and it is important to learn how the brain area will be functioning.
