Monkeys for Change
Tuesday, September 22 2009
by Laura Leslie and Susan Davis
Is the desire for change inherent? To find out, a team in Duke’s Center for Cognitive Neuroscience spent nine years looking at a part of monkeys' brains that has long gone unstudied. They've recently found out that, like people, a monkey would rather repeat a habitual action than try something new. Neurobiologist Michael Platt joins guest host Laura Leslie to discuss what the monkey research could mean for OCD, ADHD, Alzheimer's Disease and other neurological disorders.
