Scientists Think They’ve Found the Region of the Brain That Regulates Conscious Perception

A party Scientists have identified its fields Brain When it is active, no person is aware of them and their thoughts. This Mayabi process seems to be controlled by thalamus, a central region of the brain is already known as a sensitive signal and filter in the cerebral cortex of the brain, as well as part of the brain, which manages high-level processes such as memory, thoughts and personality.

Conscious perception is the ability to be aware of the stimulus obtained by human senses. It is simply a separate state from awakening, where senses are automatically and unexpectedly processed. Rather, conscious perception requires a detailed and voluntary analysis of external stimuli. For example, we can breathe automatically, but we can be aware of our breath and correct its rhythm. Likewise, when listening to a song, we can focus and separate the instruments that compose it.

Recently, neurologists were ready to look for a part of the brain where this change happened. Researchers were in the tradition that this national function must be controlled by cerebral cortex, as it is where the advanced brain processed. Thalamus was never denied from being involved with conscious ideas, but it was usually given a minor role as a filter that prepares sensitive information in the cortex. A new study recently published Science Thalamus is located as an active participant in conscious perception that defines the vision.

Most studies about the consciousness associated with thalamus have faced suspicion, as they lack the main observational data of thalamus in their workplace or if they are proven with data, because that information is probably the information obtained. To see if a patient’s brain region is “enlightened” with activity while paying attention to something, it is necessary to be aware of the stimulus of the patient – it is aware of it – at the same time their brain is surveyed with aggressive sensors.

However, in this new study, a group from Beijing Normal University in China is turning to a group of people who already have the therapy of their brains as part of the therapy of the headache, whether such research justified any aggressive operation bypasses the moral question.

Researchers conducted a visual perception test of these patients. A flashing object was displayed on a screen, which would hide itself for half the time during the test. These features mean that patients had to pay attention to the object and they had to adjust their eyes and focus on watching it, rather than considering the screen without analyzing. It has thus simplify the conscious concept, recorded the brain activity with already-implanted electrodes that were with it.

Researchers say that this is one of the first simultaneous recording of conscious concept and the information they recorded, they say that the thalamus region is a strong proof for the conscious concept that gives a view to the assumption that works for a conscious concept. “Investigations indicate that intralaminer and medial thalamic nucleus regulate conscious perception. This conclusion represents a significant progress in our understanding about the network that form the basis of visual consciousness in humans,” writes.

This story was originally attended Wired In Spanish And have been translated from Spanish.