The brain and peripheral nervous system are fundamentally a change detector—they respond to any change in the current environment and are particularly sensitive to novelty.

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Richard Cytowic

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The brain and the peripheral nervous system is really one big changed detector. That is a response to any change in current, in the current environment. And so it responds to novelty.

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Your brain wasn't built to hold this much information | Richard CytowicBig Think
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:39:44 PM

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