Neuro-scientists know a lot about how our brains learn new things, but not much about how they choose what to focus on while they learn.
According to this study, a part of the brain called the paraventricular thalamus, or PVT, serves as a kind of gatekeeper, making sure that the brain identifies and tracks the most salient details of a situation.
Stanford study on how the brain decides what to learn by Xiaoke Chen and Greg Nachtrab @StanfordBrainhttps://t.co/DB0m3AWWtj pic.twitter.com/HyaOBkWNrM
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