We do not normally take risks. Yet, at times, we do.
Scientists in Stanford University tell us why, in the recent issue of Nature. They have succeeded in turning
risk taking rats into risk aversive ones by timely stimulation of dopamine type
2 receptors in some specific cells of the Nucleus accumbens.
The nucleus accumbens is generally considered the reward centre in the brain and is implicated in addiction. But given the results that are pouring in about the nucleus, perhaps it is more involved in decision making than in addiction.
The nucleus accumbens is generally considered the reward centre in the brain and is implicated in addiction. But given the results that are pouring in about the nucleus, perhaps it is more involved in decision making than in addiction.
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