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Study finds brain areas involved in seeking information about bad possibilities

Scientist Ilya Monosov wearing a white lab coat points to a computer screen
Ilya Monosov, PhD, shows data on brain activity obtained from monkeys as they grapple with uncertainty. Monosov and colleagues at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified the brain regions involved in choosing whether to find out if a bad event is about to happen.
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