Worthless Frog Sculpture or Valuable Human Brain?Visual areas of the brain that responded more to valuable objects in a study that shows our brain may recognize value better than our conscious mind When you see something of value, your brain essentially sees dollar signs, a new study finds. The effect occurs even if you don't consciously realize the object's worth. Researchers scanned the brains of subjects who were presented with choices of constantly changing red and green objects that represented 10 cents or nothing, with good choices in a game leading to potential winnings of $10. Upon seeing objects that had been of value previously, brain activity lit up in several areas, including a part of the cortex known as V1, which is associated with representing basic features such as edge orientations and color. "When a target had been valuable in the past — if selecting it had had paid off with money — the visual system represented it more strongly," said lead researcher John Serences, assistant professor of psychology at the University of California, San Diego. Rewards affected information processing in this initial sense and also in parts of the brain where higher cognitive thinking takes place. "Though it is too early to say how this relates to perception," Serences said, "it raises the intriguing possibility that we see things we value more clearly — much like the way the brain responds to a bright object versus a dimly lit one." In fact, the brain seemed to know more than a participant was able to call to mind: The changes in neural activity were a better sign of an object's past value than what subjects recalled when asked about those objects. "It's as if the visual system is telling you how valuable something has been to you in the past," Serences said, "and telling it to you like it is, even though you can't consciously identify it." Grow your own vegetables - patio, indoors, yard Please buy this Easy Program from Roy and Dee |
Thursday, December 09, 2010
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