...decision making is believed to involve multiple brain structures in the limbic region. "These brain regions are very important in the processing of emotions, motivational processes and the processing of rewards and punishments," he (Geert Dom, head of treatment at the Alexian Brothers Psychiatric Centre in Boechout, Belgium) said. "Earlier studies have indicated that individuals with lesions in these regions lose the ability to make advantageous decisions...
...identification of decision-making deficits in some patients may help to develop treatment interventions – both pharmacological and psychosocial – specifically designed to mediate the neurocognitive deficits underlying poor decision-making.
~DUIB-PD.
B-PDs may be fun to watch on talk-shows but are killers on the highways?
Posted by Stubbornson at September 25, 2006 01:49 PM