A major departure from that line of thinking came in 1984, when Francis Crick, known for his work on the structure of DNA, proposed that the attentional searchlight was controlled by a region deep in the brain called the thalamus, parts of which receive input from sensory domains and feed information to the cortex. Hunting for Circuitsįor a long time, because attention seemed so intricately tied up with consciousness and other complex functions, scientists assumed that it was first and foremost a cortical phenomenon. Perhaps more importantly, they’ve found that this process involves more ancient regions much deeper in the brain - regions not often considered when it comes to attention.īy doing so, scientists have also inadvertently started to take baby steps toward a better understanding of how body and mind - through automatic sensory experiences, physical movements and higher-level consciousness - are deeply and inextricably intertwined. But now, some researchers are trying a different approach, studying how the brain suppresses information rather than how it augments it.
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