The researchers also identified a part of the prefrontal cortex – the large brain area located immediately behind the forehead that is associated with complex cognitive activities – that appears to evaluate causal uncertainty and enables us to jump to conclusions when needed Researchers believe an area of the brain causes us to switch from gradual learning to ‘one-shot’ learning – or jumping to conclusions They also found that uncertainty around a situation is an overriding factor They used a behaviour task paired with brain imaging to make the finds Study could help people learn and shed light on psychiatric disorders By SARAH … Continue reading Brain scans reveal why we jump to conclusions: ‘One-shot learning’ happens when we’re unsure about a situation