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Newfound circuit better explains how the brain recognizes what is familiar and important

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A newly identified part of a brain circuit mixes sensory information, memories, and emotions to tell whether things are familiar or new, and important or just 'background noise' A better understanding of the interplay between the two brain regions may yield new solutions to problems within related circuits, researchers say.

The new circuit better explains how the brain recognizes what is familiar and important.

Study authors from NYU Langone Institute for Translational Neuroscience were first author Tanvi Butola , Melissa Hernandez Frausto , Lulu Peng , Ariel Hairston , Cara Johnson , Margot Elmaleh , Amanda Amilcar , and Fabliha Hussain .

Dr. Basu led a National Institutes of Health ( NIH ) BRAIN initiative project grant ( 2018-2023 ).

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