The ability to adapt to dynamic environments requires tracking multiple signals with variable
sensory salience and fluctuating behavioral relevance. This complex process requires …

The thalamus plays a critical role in perceptual processing, but many questions remain
about what thalamus activities contribute to sensory and motor functions. In this book, two …

The thalamus has long been suspected to have an important role in cognition, yet recent
theories have favored a more corticocentric view. According to this view, the thalamus is an …

The thalamus, once viewed as passively relaying sensory information to the cerebral cortex,
is becoming increasingly acknowledged as actively regulating the information transmitted to …

The thalamus of the brain is far more than the simple sensory relay it was long thought to be.
From its location at the top of the brain stem it interacts directly with nearly every part of the …

Highlights•We introduce a framework in which the thalamus controls functional connectivity
within and across cortical areas.•Thalamic control of cortical connectivity can occur without …

The thalamus is classically viewed as passively relaying information to the cortex. However,
there is growing evidence that the thalamus actively regulates information transmission to …

Historically, the thalamus has been viewed as little more than a relay, simply transferring
information to key players of the cast, the cortex and hippocampus, without providing any …

The thalamus plays a crucial role in higher-order emergent functions of the brain, including
working memory, attention and conscious awareness. How this small subcortical structure …

By binding multisensory signals, we get robust percepts and respond to our surroundings
more correctly and quickly. How and where does the brain link cross-modal sensory …