A new study reveals that the thalamus, long overshadowed by the cortex and hippocampus, plays a crucial role in shaping and ...

Beijing Normal University-led researchers have identified specific high-order thalamic nuclei that drive human conscious ...

In a world of constant stimulation, the thalamus filters which thoughts we become aware of and which we don’t.

Neuroscientists have observed for the first time how structures deep in the brain are activated when the brain becomes aware of its own thoughts, known as conscious perception. The brain is constantly ...

The findings have been published in the scientific journal Cerebral Cortex. Lead author Dr. Lore Thaler, Associate Professor in Durham University's Department of Psychology, said, "Our research ...

According to a new study published in the Cerebral Cortex scientific journal ... a University of Southern California psychology professor who studies structural brain changes, and her colleagues ...

More information: Teruaki Kido et al, Hierarchical representations of relative numerical magnitudes in the human frontoparietal cortex, Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-55599 ...