{"682871":{"#nid":"682871","#data":{"type":"news","title":"How New Information Triggers the Brain to Navigate Changing Environments","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStephanie Prince explains her research with a scenario many Atlantans can relate to.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EImagine you\u2019re driving to the Atlanta airport to pick up a friend. They call to say they\u2019re in the terminal \u2014\u0026nbsp;but they\u2019re not sure which one. North, maybe? You head that direction through the maze of roads around the airport.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThen they call back. They\u2019re actually in the South Terminal. So you make a quick mental adjustment and switch your route to arrive at the correct side of the airport.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYou had a plan. You received new information. You quickly changed your destination.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003EThe question Prince has studied is this: How does that process happen in the brain?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-025-60122-8\u0022\u003EA new research paper in \u003Cem\u003ENature Communications\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E is offering insights into that decision-making. And it could help scientists as they work to better understand when brain disorders such as Parkinson\u2019s and Alzheimer\u2019s impair those processes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2025\/06\/how-new-information-triggers-brain-navigate-changing-environments\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERead the full story on the College of Engineering website.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBiomedical engineers show how two brain regions quickly adapt to shift focus from one planned destination to another.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Biomedical engineers show how two brain regions quickly adapt to shift focus from one planned destination to another."}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2025-06-24 15:50:04","changed_gmt":"2025-06-24 15:53:32","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-06-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-06-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"677270":{"id":"677270","type":"image","title":"Detour-Sign-AdobeStock-179640336-t.jpg","body":null,"created":"1750780223","gmt_created":"2025-06-24 15:50:23","changed":"1750780223","gmt_changed":"2025-06-24 15:50:23","alt":"A detour sign on a street","file":{"fid":"261153","name":"Detour-Sign-AdobeStock-179640336-t.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/06\/24\/Detour-Sign-AdobeStock-179640336-t.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/06\/24\/Detour-Sign-AdobeStock-179640336-t.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":808320,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/06\/24\/Detour-Sign-AdobeStock-179640336-t.jpg?itok=RmvuQme6"}}},"media_ids":["677270"],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"181421","name":"Annabelle Singer"},{"id":"249","name":"Biomedical Engineering"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"},{"id":"187423","name":"go-bio"},{"id":"172970","name":"go-neuro"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71891","name":"Health and Medicine"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jstewart@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJoshua Stewart\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ECollege of Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jstewart@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}