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In groundbreaking study, researchers publish brain map showing how decisions are made
 An international group of neuroscientists joined forces to produce a landmark neural map, which revealed that decision-making lights up the entire brain. Editor's Note: Prior research suggested that small clusters of neurons fire in only some parts of the brain during decision-making, mostly in areas related to sensory input and cognition. But the new map reveals that neural activity is far more widespread, with electrical signals pinging across nearly all of the mouse's brain during different stages of decision-making.
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