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How does the brain control consciousness? This deep-brain structure

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

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 perception1.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-01021-2

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