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Scientists Discover Brain Spot that Drives Risk-Taking Decisions

Six epilepsy patients helped researchers identify two orbitofrontal patches that drive risk-taking or avoidance decisions about half a second before action.

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Every day, your brain runs the same calculation: take a risk or play it safe? Your gas tank might be low, but there's just enough to make it to work on time.

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Monitoring brain activity can predict risky decisions before they're even made. Recent research by scientists from the University of California, San Francisco, and the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that the process by which the human brain makes risk-related decisions resembles a tug-of-war. The research team identified two adjacent areas in the orbitofrontal cortex that engage in a "battle" over whether to take a risk or err on t…

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Medical Xpress broke the news in Douglas, United Kingdom on Tuesday, September 15, 2026.
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