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Published November 21, 2016 | public
Journal Article

Decision Making: A Role for the Amygdala in Translating Goals into Choices

Abstract

A new fMRI study shows that the human amygdala is involved in goal-directed planning, further finding that amygdala activation during planning is predictive of someone's willingness to forgo immediate small rewards in favor of delayed larger rewards.

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© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. Available online 21 November 2016.

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