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Study shows how a racing heart may alter decision-making brain circuits
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Study shows how a racing heart may alter decision-making brain circuits

by  The Mount Sinai Hospital Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Anxiety, addiction, and other psychiatric disorders are often characterized by intense states of what scientists call arousal: The heart races, blood pressure readings rise, breaths shorten, and “bad” decisions are made. In an effort to understand how these states influence the brain’s decision-making processes, scientists at the...

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