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Brain activity guides social adaptation — Level A1 — A computer generated image of a brain surrounded by wires

Brain activity guides social adaptationCEFR A1

31 Mar 2026

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Adapted from U. Zurich, Futurity • CC BY 4.0

Photo by Bhautik Patel, Unsplash

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  • A new study looked at brain activity.
  • It showed how people change their behavior.
  • People played a repeated simple game.
  • Opponents were sometimes human and sometimes artificial.
  • Some people learned very quickly in the game.
  • Other people needed more time to learn.
  • Activity changed when people revised their guesses.
  • These findings could help understand social problems.
  • Researchers looked at brain scans to see changes.
  • The work may guide future therapy tests.

Difficult words

  • behavior — ways a person acts or does things
  • opponent — a person or thing you play against
    Opponents
  • artificial — made by people not by nature
  • learn — to get knowledge or skill from practice
    learned
  • revise — to change an answer or idea after thought
    revised
  • researcher — a person who studies things to find information
    Researchers

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Discussion questions

  • Do you like to play simple games?
  • Do you prefer to play with people or with a computer?
  • Have you ever changed a guess in a game?

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