a: nucleus accumbens ~
b: a valve
What:
"In this sense, the nucleus accumbens is like a valve on a water faucet, as it prevents an overload of sensory input from reaching our conscious mind. Controlling the flow of information is important for attention and anxiety and for suppressing unwanted noise"
Useful?
Writer: R. Douglas Fields
LCC:
Where:
Date: Aug 26 2017 3:25 PM
# 11391 Critique Analogy