Scientists reveal how the brain "predicts" the future

Scientists at the University of California at Berkeley (USA) have discovered that the brain uses two "clocks" to make temporal predictions that are found in different parts of this organ.

This study suggests that "there are two different ways" by which these brain systems "allow us not only to exist", but also "actively anticipate the future"explains the expert who led this research, Assaf Breska, and informs the Science Daily portal.

So, one of those internal mechanisms is based on past experiences and is connected to the cerebellum, while the other It depends on the rhythm and it is connected to the ganglia of the base.

The rhythm-based system "is sensitive to periodic events, such as what is innate to speech and music". On the other hand, "the interval system provides a more general anticipation capability, sensitive to temporal regularities even in the absence of static signal".

An example of the first situation will be to move the body before the first note of the expected music, while the second will be illustrated by pressing the accelerator pedal a fraction of a second before the light changes. .

These findings will challenge the idea that a single brain system meets all of our temporal needs and suggest that if one of these "neural clocks" breaks down, the other one can take on its tasks.