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So that’s what the claustrum does!

September 24, 2020October 31, 2020 Marco Travaglio claustrum, Consciousness, Interviews, Joel's Pick, Optogenetics, Research, Sleep, sleep waves

Three years ago, I asked “What the heck is a claustrum?” In that piece, I described the mystery of this oddly shaped brain region, located just below the cerebral cortex.… Read more

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What the Heck is a Claustrum?

April 6, 2017July 10, 2017 Joel Frohlich Anatomy, Christof Koch, claustrum, Consciousness, Francis Crick, Giulio Tononi, Integrated Information Theory, Optogenetics, Rene Descartes, Self-organization

Given its subjective nature, consciousness is already a controversial topic in the world of brain science. While some neuroscientists doubt that consciousness can even be studied, others still endeavor towards… Read more