up: [[HD 2230 Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience]] Tags: # Sensory informational flow ### Order of sensory information Sensory information comes into your brain by travelling in order from Thalamus, Primary sensory cortex, secondary sensory cortex, multimodal sensory cortex and then to a bunch of different parts of the brain. ![[Pasted image 20220826105414.png]] ##### How do the cortex, basal ganglia, and thalamus work together to convey information? The cortex, basal ganglia, and thalamus work together in a cycle to relay and interpret information. The cortex can send information to the basal ganglia and then the thalamus or it can go the other way around with the thalamus sending information to the basal ganglia and then cortex. ![[Pasted image 20220829101648.png|600x500]] ###### What happens when you see a cloud in terms of sensory information flow? Seeing a cloud has both location and color information. First the information would come into your thalamus and get sent into a region of the primary sensory cortex related to visual processing in the [[Areas and Functions of the Brain#Occipital Lobe|occipital lobe]]. Then it would go to relevant secondary sensory parts of the cortex all the way to multimodal parts of the cortex and then back again to the thalamus. ### Your brain saves energy by constricting information acquisition and remembrance Your brain is constantly looking for ways that it can lessen the amount of energy it has to expend doing things. One way it does this is by putting very little into memory except the most important things. This reminds me of [[Non-conscious information acquisition]]. One of the ways it does this is by focusing perception. If your looking for your glasses in the morning, your brain will attempt to dampen stimuli associated with seeing clouds, books, or food to make your search easier. Related: Created: [[18-09-2022]]