The hidden brain stem was spotted in Michelangelo's painting of the Separation of Light from Darkness, ... from the Book of Genesis, Michelangelo embedded a ventral view of the brainstem, they wrote.

New research gives the first detailed view of ventral striatum activity during three phases of effort-based decision-making -- the anticipation of initiating an effort, the actual execution of the ...

Study provides detailed view of the brain’s ventral striatum activity involved in decision-making. Download PDF Copy; Reviewed. Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc. Dec 4 2020.

The article, "Reward enhances connectivity between the ventral striatum and the default mode network," (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119398) was epublished on June 18, 2022, in NeuroImage.

Now researchers think it's because Michelangelo intentionally embedded an image of a human brain stem. ... from the Book of Genesis, Michelangelo embedded a ventral view of the brainstem, ...