| Human being's 'sixth sense' for danger, long dismissed | | | | monitor, and measured their brain activity at 2.5 |
| by some scientists as myth, actually exists in a part | | | | second intervals with magnetic resonance imaging |
| of the brain that also handles conflict resolution, | | | | (MRI). |
| according to a recent report in the journal Science. | | | | The experiments showed that "our brains are better |
| The brain region - known as the anterior cingulate | | | | at picking up subtle warning signs than we previously |
| cortex (ACC) - actually raises the alarm about danger | | | | thought", Brown said. |
| that fail to penetrate the consciene mind, said Joshua | | | | "In the past, we found activity in the ACC when |
| Brown of Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, | | | | people had to make a difficult decision...or after they |
| in an interview. | | | | made a mistake," Brown said. |
| The ACC is located near the top of the frontal lobes | | | | But now the region can "actually learn to recognise |
| and along the walls that divide the left and rigth | | | | when you might make a mistake...it learns to warn |
| brains. | | | | you in advance when our behaviour might lead to a |
| Brown used a computer programme that required | | | | negative outcome". |
| health young people to respond to activity on the | | | | |