Making A Decision

The widely held belief in free will presuppose that we actively control our choices, a view that neuroscientists are now starting to challenge. They are learning that a lot of the decision-making process takes place in the brain's background, entirely independent of conscious thought. According to several research, the frontopolar cortex, a part of the brain located right in front of the forehead, is where the decision-making process starts at least 10 seconds beefore the choice is actually made.

That does not imply, however, that our brains decide our decisions for us. Instead, it merely serves to highlight the intricate subconscious impulses that influence a conscious choice, which is ultimately made by the active section of the brain. However, we are unaware of what those signals are or their precise level of influence on our decision-making process as a whole.