Sentences with phrase «brain makes a judgment»
With information gathered by sensory systems, the brain makes its judgments automatically; they do not involve conscious cogitation.
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Neuroscience has, in fact, established a connection between the part of the brain that makes value judgments and that which experiences negative emotion.
He made decisions based on his better judgment and was trumped by the LDS and he obeyed like the good brain washed cult member he is.
At the same time, major changes happen in the adolescent brain, influencing judgment, decision - making, and emotions.
The ultimate goal is to understand how the brain makes moral judgments.
Although it is unlikely that rDLPFC will enter the textbooks as the seat of the law in the brain, this intriguing new study by Buckholtz underscores the role of this region in high - level cognitive processes in general, and judgment and decision - making in particular.
The trouble, research shows, is that the brain switches to a particular type of judgment system during stressful situations, relying on neural areas sculpted by evolution to make quick decisions.
Faith and the embryo Biochemist Paul Berg suggests in April's Discover Dialogue [«Bio Brain Backs Stem Cells»] that only religious faith makes the judgment that the destruction of a human embryo destroys a human individual.
This suggests that you're making the same memory judgment — whether the memory is strong or weak — but different brain systems are involved if it's emotional as opposed to neutral.
Caltech researchers have now discovered that one specific region of the brain, called the amygdala, is involved in making these (sometimes inaccurate) judgments about ambiguous or intense emotions.
With the decision - making areas of their brains still developing, teenagers show poor judgment in risky situations.
«It takes less than a second to tell humans from androids: TV shows may have us fooled, but in real life, our brains make accurate snap judgments about what is real.»
Dating is all about making snap judgments, and scientists have located where in the brain those decisions are made.
This may seem far - fetched and a dater may not even make these judgments consciously but subconsciously their brain will make these calculations and easily ignore this person's online profile as a result.»
We've made some assumptions about the teenage brain, but we're looking at a tremendous curve here; I'm amazed at how many kids function awfully well and do use pretty good judgment.
According to TTI, the portion of the brain responsible for making decisions and understanding the consequences of poor judgment is not fully developed until about age 25.