Claustrum

The claustrum is a part of your brain that helps your brain communicate with the rest of your body. Think of it like a telephone switchboard that connects calls and helps people talk to each other.

The claustrum is a thin layer of gray matter that sits between two larger parts of your brain, the insula and the putamen. It's like a thin strip of cheese between two slices of bread in a sandwich.

Scientists are still trying to figure out exactly what the claustrum does, but they think it might be involved in things like attention, consciousness, and perception. Imagine the claustrum as the conductor of an orchestra, guiding the different instruments to play together in harmony and create beautiful music.

Even though the claustrum is small and mysterious, it plays a big role in how your brain works and helps you experience the world around you.