The anatomy of your brain reflects your introspective capacity, or ability to self-judge the merits of your decisions, new research indicates.The study found that people with stronger reflective, or introspective, ability appear to have a higher volume of gray matter, the outer layer of the brain, in the part of their brains sitting behind their eyes. This region is called the anterior prefrontal cortex.
This discovery fits with previous work that showed people with damage to this brain region had trouble assessing their own decision-making, even though their performances on a task were unimpaired.
For more, see Brain's Anatomy Predicts Level of Introspection by , September 16, 2010 at Live Science.
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