The Role of the Anterior Insular Cortex in Filtering sensory Stimuli
How does any one of the multitude of sensory stimuli we experience every moment of our lives get filtered through to our conscious brain? A new study in Cell Reports suggests the Anterior Insula Regulated Brain Network Transitions that Gate Conscious Access: https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(21)00414-9?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2211124721004149%3Fshowall%3Dtrue. Here's a summary in Inverse: https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/sensory-gateway-brain.
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