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Dorsal thalamus
The thalamus is the largest structure in the diencephalon and is located above the hypothalamus. The thalamus is considered the "gateway to consciousness" because its nuclei are the transit station for all information to the cortex (cerebral cortex) – except for olfactory information, which first reaches the olfactory areas of the brain directly. At the same time, they also receive massive cortical inputs so it might be better to regard this a thalami-cortical system. The nuclei of the thalamus are grouped together. The term "gateway to consciousness" also refers to attention control, sleep-wake regulation, and consciousness modulation by the intralaminar nuclei.
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Sensory memory
This memory allows sensory input – a sentence or an image – to be repeated without having been consciously perceived. Each sensory modality has its own memory for this purpose, which is deleted after a very short time. The ability to repeat something that was said earlier in a conversation, even though you were not paying attention to it, is an example of auditory sensory memory.
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