Humans and Rodents Process Their Mistakes, Yale University and Brown University Study

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What happens when the brain recognizes an error? A new study shows that the brains of humans and rats adapt in a similar way to errors by using low-frequency brainwaves in the medial frontal cortex to synchronize neurons in the motor cortex. The finding could be important in studies of “adaptive control” like obsessive compulsive disorder, ADHD, and Parkinson’s.

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