what job does the thalamus perform in the brain
The Quick Facts. Location: Part of the forebrain, below the corpus callosum. Function: Responsible for relaying information from the sensory receptors to proper areas of the brain where it can be processed. The thalamus is similar to a doctor that diagnoses, or identifies, a patient's disease or sickness. It diagnoses different sensory information that is being transmitted to the brain including auditory (relating to hearing or sound), visual, tactile (relating to touch), and gustatory (relating to taste) signals. After that, it directs the sensory information to the different parts and lobes of the cortex.