A study published by scientists at the University of California San Diego is redefining science's understanding of the way ...

This enigmatic process appears to be controlled by the thalamus, a central region of the brain already known for its function as a filter between sensory signals and the cerebral cortex ...

However, most studies on conscious perception have focused on the cerebral cortex, with relatively few studies examining the role of subcortical regions, particularly the thalamus. Its role in ...

Located deep in the brain, the thalamus is the brain’s central relay hub, receiving information from the outside world and transmitting it to many areas of the cortex. Perhaps because it’s ...

“These results correlated with thalamus and frontal cortex deficits that we could ... where participants had to focus on either visual or auditory cues, sometimes mixed to create uncertainty.

The study states that motor learning does much more than adjust brain activity levels; it also forms the circuit's wiring, which refines cellular communication between the thalamus and cortex.

and auditory cortex (using the cortical pitch response). This research is funded by the National Institutes of Health: Experience-dependent plasticity for pitch representation in the brainstem and ...

Brain researchers have identified a bridge between the thalamus and the cortex as the key area that is modified during motor learning functions. They found that such learning does much more than ...