How the Brain Organizes Choices
In the app: the whole story at your level, listening, the quiz and the word cards.
The same story at six levels
How the first sentence reads at every level, from A1 to C2.
- A1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists study the brain.
- A2
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology discovered something new.
- B1
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have made a discovery.
- B2
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered how the brain organizes and stores information when making a choice.
- C1
Understanding how the brain processes and separates multiple choices helps explain how humans and animals learn from their decisions without confusing different options.
- C2
Navigating a world of multiple choices requires humans and animals to learn from their decisions without confusing different options.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- temporary
- Lasting for only a limited period of time; not permanent.
- neuron
- A cell that carries electrical signals around the body and brain.
- coordinated
- Working together in an organized way.
- categorize
- To put people or things into groups according to their qualities.
- reject
- To refuse to accept, use, or believe something.
- flexible
- Able to change or be changed easily according to the situation.
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by MIT News. Read the original for the full report.