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How the brain controls our habits: Neuroscientists identify a brain region that can switch between new and old habits

October 31, 2012 by

Neuroscientists have found that a small region of the brain's prefrontal cortex, where most thought and planning occurs, is responsible for moment-by-moment control of which habits are switched on at a given time.

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