University of Utah (U of U) medical researchers have uncovered a wiring diagram
that shows how the brain pays attention to visual, cognitive, sensory, and motor cues.
The research provides a critical foundation for the study of abnormalities in attention that
can be seen in many brain disorders such as autism, schizophrenia, and attention deficit disorder.
that shows how the brain pays attention to visual, cognitive, sensory, and motor cues.
The research provides a critical foundation for the study of abnormalities in attention that
can be seen in many brain disorders such as autism, schizophrenia, and attention deficit disorder.
"This study is the first of its kind to show how the brain switches attention from one feature to the next," says lead researcher Jeffery S. Anderson, M.D., Ph.D., U of U assistant professor of radiology. Anderson and his team used MRI to study a part of the brain known as the intraparietal sulcus. "The brain is organized into territories, sort of like a map of Europe. There are visual regions, regions that process sound and areas that process sensory and motor information. In between all these areas is the intraparietal sulcus, which is known to be a key area for processing attention," Anderson says. "We discovered that the intraparietal sulcus contains a miniature map of all of these territories. We also found an organized pattern for how control regions of the brain connect to this map in the intraparietal sulcus. These connections help our brain switch its attention from one thing to another."
In addition, scientists discovered that this miniature map of all the things one can pay attention to is reproduced in at least 13 other places in the brain. They found connections between these duplicate maps and the intraparietal sulcus. Each copy appears to do something different with the information. For instance, one map processes eye movements while another processes analytical information. This map of the world that allows us to pay attention may be a fundamental building block for how information is represented in the brain.
This article is a very interesting one, because I have always been interested in how the brain function, and I have been reflecting in every single detail, when I move a finger it is because my brain is making it do it, and I always think to my self how can the brain function that fast. So this group of scientists discovered a wiring diagram that shows how the brain pays attention and that is really cool.
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