Curious Cells: How the Brain Makes Up Its Mind

At some point in your (very) recent past — perhaps just a few seconds ago — electrical signals traveled between your brain cells and you made a decision: to start reading this article. This decision is just one of thousands that you make each day. And scientists are hard at work deciphering the mechanisms in the brain that guide those decisions — whether you are choosing what to read, whom to marry or what to eat. Read the full article