# How the brain integrates sensory input

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**Created:** [May 1, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/how-the-brain-integrates-sensory-input/2377 "2019-05-01T14:12:06Z")\
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> **[How the brain integrates sensory input](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190430121757.htm)**
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> Hearing, sight, touch - our brain captures a wide range of distinct sensory stimuli and links them together. The brain has a kind of built-in filter function for this: sensory impressions are only integrated if it is necessary and useful for the task...

  
Hearing, sight, touch - our brain captures a wide range of distinct sensory stimuli and links them together. The brain has a kind of built-in filter function for this: sensory impressions are only integrated if it is necessary and useful for the task at hand.