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The Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex

This is a key part of our brains. Why? It’s where we store all of the information on past rewards, along with the pain of mistakes, or things we wish we hadn’t done so that we would have avoided experiencing something negative.

Famous neuroscientist Antonio Damasio figured out how important this part of our brain is in the decision-making process . The most interesting thing about this brain structure is that it responds based on emotions.

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