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The Great Show of Consciousness

There’s a lot we don’t yet know about the nature of consciousness. But neuroscience has made major strides in the effort to understand it. A popular metaphor compares conscious and unconscious forces in the brain to various parts of a theater — like the actors on stage and the crew managing things behind the curtain. While many brain areas are involved in consciousness, the brain’s reticular formation plays a key role. This network of neurons and nuclei in the brainstem signals the presence of important external stimuli to the cerebral cortex and the thalamus, and disregards stimuli it doesn’t consider relevant enough to pass along. This is a video from the 2024 Brain Awareness Video Contest: https://www.brainfacts.org/for-educat... Created by Eduardo Traviezo. Watch on BrainFacts: https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-s...