We make mistakes when we don’t concentrate – but people with Parkinson’s can avoid those errors David Harrigan/Getty
People with Parkinson鈥檚 disease are less likely to make certain kinds of mistakes 鈥 those that happen when we are 鈥渙n autopilot鈥. The surprising finding helps support a new theory about the condition鈥檚 root causes in the brain.
Parkinson鈥檚 disease is a progressive condition causing slowness, difficulties in moving and tremors. It involves the death of brain cells, especially those that make the signalling molecule dopamine.
In 2010, Peter Redgrave at the University of Sheffield, UK, and colleagues proposed that…
