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Your brain starts making social decisions before you do

Science Daily · Jun 2, 2026, 8:54 AM

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Researchers found that social behavior begins in the brain before it becomes visible as movement. In zebrafish, a coordinated pattern of activity spread across the brain several seconds before the animals approached another fish. A higher brain region called the pallium played a key role, and fish w

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