Neuroscience
How the Brain Tells Apart Important and Unimportant Sensations
Several recent studies point to a small, long-overlooked structure in the brain stem as a crucial gatekeeper for the body’s signals
Stories by Sliman Bensmaia
Sliman Bensmaia is James and Karen Frank Family Professor at the department of organismal biology and anatomy at the University of Chicago. He investigates the neural basis of somatosensation and leverages this basic scientific understanding to endow bionic hands with a sense of touch.
