Brain Boundaries Guide Decisions: New Findings for Thai Education and AI
A team led by Raphael Kaplan at Universitat Jaume I in Castelló explored how the brain uses context boundaries to guide decisions in both physical and abstract spaces. The study, a collaboration with researchers from Spain, Italy, and the United States, appeared in Nature Communications and PLOS Biology, highlighting how the hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex process boundaries and social context.
The research shows that context boundaries help the brain make choices more efficiently. The hippocampus, long known for spatial memory, also responds to abstract boundaries. For example, when evaluating a property purchase, the brain integrates factors like price and size as if they were navigational markers. This demonstrates the brain’s versatility in managing both real-world spaces and conceptual ideas.