How the Brain's Mysterious Claustrum Helps You Think

What is the claustrum and what does it do?
Because the claustrum is tucked underneath the brain’s outer, wrinkly cortex, scientists have had a hard time figuring that out.
Now a new study by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine suggests that the claustrum behaves like a high-speed internet router -- helping us to carry out cognitively demanding tasks.
The University of Maryland School of Medicine serves as the anchor for a large academic health center which aims to provide the best medical education, conduct the most innovative biomedical research and provide the best patient care and community service to Maryland and beyond.
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