What is the Thalamus? - Sensory Processing, Consciousness, Attention

In this video, Dr. Kushner breaks down the brain's middleman - the thalamus. In addition to projecting sensory information onto the cortex, the thalamus helps the brain decide what to pay attention to and what it can ignore.
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➡️Timestamps:
00:00 Thalamus
00:21 Where is the Thalamus (Thalami) Located?
01:34 What Are the Functions of Thalamus?
04:48 How Does the Thalamus Relay Auditory (Hearing) Information to the Brain?
06:41 How Does the Thalamus Relay Visual (Sight) Information to the Brain?
08:22 How Does the Thalamus Relay Tactile (Touch) Information to the Brain?
10:18 How Does the Thalamus Relay Gustatory (Taste) Information to the Brain?
11:52 What May Explain Why Smell Bypasses the Thalamus?

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  • @PsychExplained
    @PsychExplained3 жыл бұрын

    Check your understanding: Sensory information from the eyes are relayed through the thalamus to the _______________ cortex, located in the _________ lobe. A. somatosensory cortex; occipital B. visual cortex; paietial C. auditory cortex; temporal D. gustatory cortex; frontal E. visual cortex; occipital

  • @BAT_24

    @BAT_24

    2 жыл бұрын

    E.

  • @beigeecru6785

    @beigeecru6785

    Жыл бұрын

    E

  • @MaxwellEdeme

    @MaxwellEdeme

    Жыл бұрын

    E.

  • @tomorrow9310

    @tomorrow9310

    3 ай бұрын

    e

  • @hyunlee6647
    @hyunlee6647 Жыл бұрын

    Best learning lecture I ever found in KZread!! Thank you!!

  • @PsychExplained

    @PsychExplained

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for watching! So happy you enjoy my videos 😊🧠

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    @allihagen1180 Жыл бұрын

    You are a great teacher thank you!

  • @PsychExplained

    @PsychExplained

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much :)

  • @bahadorzergani
    @bahadorzergani Жыл бұрын

    Hello Doctor please create a video about basal ganglia direct pathway indirect pathway also explain GPI and GPE structure of basal ganglia

  • @ECE-ff4px
    @ECE-ff4pxАй бұрын

    An Engineer here, just curious about learning about the brain ❤

  • @PsychExplained

    @PsychExplained

    27 күн бұрын

    Welcome! :)

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    @harunner9903 Жыл бұрын

    It would be great if there is a unified lecture about limbic systems that we can see all their relations to each other. In addition to limbic systems units, it can be really insightful to learn how specific function works like remembering in a more complete sense.

  • @PsychExplained

    @PsychExplained

    11 ай бұрын

    Limbic system video coming later this week :)

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    @jessicavazquez74442 жыл бұрын

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    @rchwafaa8421 Жыл бұрын

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    @PsychExplained

    Жыл бұрын

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    @CatLover-23

    6 ай бұрын

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    @thinkify68 Жыл бұрын

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    @PsychExplained

    Жыл бұрын

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    @mylucidlife495 Жыл бұрын

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    @marinodisla12172 жыл бұрын

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  • @uzerhamdule1347
    @uzerhamdule134710 ай бұрын

    Excellent Explanation of Thalamus Thanks a lot Sir

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    @beigeecru6785 Жыл бұрын

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  • @PsychExplained

    @PsychExplained

    Жыл бұрын

    Welcome!

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    @caraelizabethspeaks2 жыл бұрын

    Can you do one on the pineal Gland? And thank you for sharing all your knowledge!

  • @PsychExplained

    @PsychExplained

    2 жыл бұрын

    I am planning on covering the endocrine system so I will definitely touch on the pineal gland :)

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    @luciareynosogАй бұрын

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  • @PsychExplained

    @PsychExplained

    Ай бұрын

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    @user-jo4zj2ws9w5 ай бұрын

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    @josephvanlangeveld22162 ай бұрын

    I am taking a basic class on the brain but our professor dosent really go into depth on the functions like you do so finding and watching this video has been very enjoyable for me.

  • @PsychExplained

    @PsychExplained

    2 ай бұрын

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    @f.rikardsson98716 ай бұрын

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  • @PsychExplained

    @PsychExplained

    6 ай бұрын

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    @Salam_196510 ай бұрын

    Outstanding. Please make a video on Hypothalamus. Thank you for your efforts

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    @julialee9866Ай бұрын

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    @PsychExplained

    Ай бұрын

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    @Rafikdr7 ай бұрын

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    @PsychExplained

    7 ай бұрын

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    @lifeisatrip40572 жыл бұрын

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    @LovelyRellona-dg9jxАй бұрын

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    @PsychExplained

    Ай бұрын

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    @muskduh2 жыл бұрын

    thanks so much

  • @leslovesliberty1776
    @leslovesliberty17765 ай бұрын

    I had a thalamic stroke recently & your lectures are tremendously helpful to me, thank you! 🙏❤

  • @PsychExplained

    @PsychExplained

    5 ай бұрын

    I wish you a speedy recovery ❤️‍🩹

  • @hannahory

    @hannahory

    3 ай бұрын

    I also had a thalamic stroke almost a year ago now, and I'm still learning! It's such a small area with so much going on, and my case has stumped a lot of neurologists. Are you having this same issue?

  • @user-ut2bl2jt4x
    @user-ut2bl2jt4x3 ай бұрын

    Your videos are great! Thank you

  • @PsychExplained

    @PsychExplained

    3 ай бұрын

    Glad you like them!

  • @ASiMSTyLO
    @ASiMSTyLO Жыл бұрын

    Great 👍

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    @deegallarupananda6927 Жыл бұрын

    Very useful

  • @alinebarbosa2410
    @alinebarbosa2410 Жыл бұрын

    So good!!!! Thank you!!!!!

  • @PsychExplained

    @PsychExplained

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you like it!

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    @shinn-tyanwu4155 Жыл бұрын

    Outstanding

  • @PsychExplained

    @PsychExplained

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed watching!

  • @theelonz
    @theelonz9 ай бұрын

    thank you

  • @PsychExplained

    @PsychExplained

    9 ай бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @samstar4444
    @samstar4444 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks 💐

  • @PsychExplained

    @PsychExplained

    Жыл бұрын

    You’re welcome 😊

  • @syedaslam2856
    @syedaslam28566 ай бұрын

    Hi Dr. Kushner One of my cousin is diagnosed by "Infarct involving the left medial thalamus" what may be the reason causing this impairment

  • @taneeshataylor586
    @taneeshataylor586 Жыл бұрын

    I appreciate you 😌

  • @PsychExplained

    @PsychExplained

    Жыл бұрын

    I appreciate you for joining my channel :)

  • @rebeccasager9122
    @rebeccasager912211 ай бұрын

    thanks for your video! I was really hoping to find another video, focusing on attention and consciousness with respect to the thalamus. Any chance you’re working on such a video?

  • @PsychExplained

    @PsychExplained

    11 ай бұрын

    Hi! Unfortunately not. There are some really good videos on KZread that take a deep dive into the thalamus. Mine is more of an overview.

  • @pukhrajmansion8445
    @pukhrajmansion84453 ай бұрын

    Good 👍

  • @PsychExplained

    @PsychExplained

    3 ай бұрын

    Thank you! Cheers!

  • @sumitrabrahma4466
    @sumitrabrahma4466 Жыл бұрын

    🙏

  • @MauriceSener
    @MauriceSener2 жыл бұрын

    6:03 „science or psychology“ haha

  • @RunPJs
    @RunPJs6 ай бұрын

    Thalamus in the center of the brain! Would be like BT burying telephone junction boxes in the middle of the road under all the cables and pipes

  • @BAT_24
    @BAT_242 жыл бұрын

    Please make videos on human memory in details. Your videos helping me in many ways. Thanks in advance :)

  • @PsychExplained

    @PsychExplained

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hi Bhumika, Thank you for the kind words. I cover memory formation in my video, Hippocampus. Is there a different topic within memory you would like me to cover?

  • @BAT_24

    @BAT_24

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@PsychExplained thanks for replying..yes in this video you have covered explicit memory only, please do include implicit memory (procedural and priming). Also disorders and mathematical modeling of memory.:)

  • @germainedenon311
    @germainedenon3112 ай бұрын

    Can psychiatric drugs damage the thalamus?

  • @PsychExplained

    @PsychExplained

    2 ай бұрын

    Hmm I’m not sure about this connection.

  • @sumitrabrahma4466
    @sumitrabrahma4466 Жыл бұрын

    🙏

  • @sumitrabrahma4466
    @sumitrabrahma4466 Жыл бұрын

    🙏