Unconscious processing and decision making

"brain regions responsible for making decisions continue to be active even when the conscious brain is distracted with a different task."

 "When the participants were initially learning information about the cars and other items, the neuroimaging results showed activation in the visual and prefrontal cortices, regions that are known to be responsible for learning and decision-making. Additionally, during the distractor task, both the visual and prefrontal cortices continued to be active -- or reactivated -- even though the brain was consciously focused on number memorization."