Concept

Thalamus

Overview

part of the brain responsible for sleep regulation and relaying sensory signals. It is you your body's information relay station, where all information from your body's senses (except smell) must be processed through.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).

Philosophers who discussed Thalamus

• William Hirstein

Related ideas

• Greek language
• Neuron
• Visual cortex
• Hippocampus
• Consciousness
• Cerebral cortex
• Stroke
• Krista and Tatiana Hogan

Place in the tradition

Part of Consciousness.

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