Optimal Inattention (IMAGE)

Brown University

Optimal Inattention

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To study how the brain purposefully ignores sensory stimuli, researchers looked at brainwaves connecting the somatosensory cortex (hSI) to the right inferior frontal cortex (IFC). White regions were experimental controls.

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