“Rather than actively shaping experience, the thalamus (if it is considered at all) has typically been relegated to a role in gating contents into consciousness,” the team explains in its paper.

Study of Brain Structures Explains Why Elephants Are So Dang Smart What exactly is going on in those 12-pound brains anyway?

We were writing a book together on how the human mind works, and why none of us should trust what the brain is telling us. Neither of us by professional training is a psychologist.