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Kable and his team investigated how different regions of the frontal cortex influence decisions to persist or quit using a task designed to mimic real-world dilemmas. In the experiment ...

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The brain's prefrontal cortex shrinks as a part of normal aging; with Alzheimer's disease, the frontal cortex regions shrink even faster. As a result, individuals may start making more mistakes ...