Dartmouth College: Revving Habits Up and Down, New Insight Into How Brain Forms Habits
February 29, 2020
February 29, 2020
HANOVER, New Hampshire, Feb. 29 [TNSscientificresearch] -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release:
Each day, humans and animals rely on habits to complete routine tasks such as eating and sleeping. As new habits are formed, this enables us to do things automatically without thinking. As the brain starts to develop a new habit, in as little as a half a second, one region of the brain, the dorsolateral striatum, experiences a short burst in activity. This activity burst i . . .
Each day, humans and animals rely on habits to complete routine tasks such as eating and sleeping. As new habits are formed, this enables us to do things automatically without thinking. As the brain starts to develop a new habit, in as little as a half a second, one region of the brain, the dorsolateral striatum, experiences a short burst in activity. This activity burst i . . .