Team finds brain circuit that helps you switch gears

A new study shows how the brain abandons outdated strategies and adapts to new rules.

Most people have experienced the feeling: switching from one task to another, only to find the brain momentarily stuck in the old mode of thinking. Sometimes, even after realizing a strategy no longer works, the mind keeps returning to it anyway.

Neuroscientists call the ability to adapt and shift strategies “cognitive flexi...