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Nestled beneath the cortex, a pair of egg-shaped structures called the thalamus has also gotten bigger and more complex throughout evolution 9like the cortex), and its wiring became much more intricate as mammals diverged from reptiles. The thalamus (from the Greek thalamos or inner chamber) transmits 98 percent of sensory information to the cortex, including vision, taste, touch and balance; the only sense that doesn’t pass through this brain region is smell. The thalamus also conducts motor signals and relays information from the brain stem to the cortex, coordinating shifts in consciousness such as waking up and falling asleep<ref>Knowable magazine [https://knowablemagazine.org/article/mind/2018/long-overlooked-brain-region-may-be-key-complex-thought A long-overlooked brain region may be key to complex though]t Available from:https://knowablemagazine.org/article/mind/2018/long-overlooked-brain-region-may-be-key-complex-thought (accessed 26.12.2020)</ref>. | |||
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Introduction[edit | edit source]
Nestled beneath the cortex, a pair of egg-shaped structures called the thalamus has also gotten bigger and more complex throughout evolution 9like the cortex), and its wiring became much more intricate as mammals diverged from reptiles. The thalamus (from the Greek thalamos or inner chamber) transmits 98 percent of sensory information to the cortex, including vision, taste, touch and balance; the only sense that doesn’t pass through this brain region is smell. The thalamus also conducts motor signals and relays information from the brain stem to the cortex, coordinating shifts in consciousness such as waking up and falling asleep[1].
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