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How the Brain Makes Quick Decisions


In their most recent research, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, Paller and Voss reveal a surprising discovery. Participants in that study were purposefully distracted while trying to quickly memorize visual patterns with their implicit memory and, quite surprisingly, did better when distracted than when they weren't.


How the brain makes quick decisions; Brain Research Says it's Short-Term Memory

How does someone like Serena Williams make a snap decision? New brain research suggests a lot of it has to do with short-term memory, so that she remembers her opponent's moves and places herself for the next shot.