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Just made a bad decision? Perhaps anxiety is to blame

March 16, 2016 by

Scientists have discovered a mechanism for how anxiety may disrupt decision making. They report that anxiety disengages a region of the brain called the prefrontal cortex, which is critical for flexible decision making.

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