UI News: It's not solitaire: Brain activity differs when one plays against others

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2/6/12

IT’S NOT SOLITAIRE: BRAIN ACTIVITY DIFFERS WHEN ONE PLAYS AGAINST OTHERS
Researchers have found a way to study how our brains assess the behavior – and likely future actions – of others during competitive social interactions. Their study, described in a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is the first to use a computational approach to tease out differing patterns of brain activity during these interactions, the researchers report.
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