“…Due to its widespread and extensive reciprocal connections with the cortex, the CLA has been proposed to underlie various high-level functions including salience detection (Atilgan et al, 2021; Remedios et al, 2014; Smith et al, 2019), attentional control (Goll et al, 2015; White et al, 2020), and consciousness (Crick and Koch, 2005; Smythies et al, 2014). Additionally, results from recent studies suggest that CLA may be involved in associative learning (Reus-garcĂa et al, 2020; Terem et al, 2020), coordination of slow-wave activity (Narikiyo et al, 2020; Norimoto et al, 2020), distractor suppression (Atlan et al, 2018; White et al, 2018, 2020), attentional set shifting (Fodoulian et al, 2020), task switching (Krimmel et al, 2019), and behavioral engagement (Atlan et al, 2021; Liu et al, 2019).…”