Team find brain mechanism that automatically links objects in our minds

When people see a toothbrush, a car, a tree -- any individual object -- their brain automatically associates it with other things it naturally occurs with, allowing humans to build context for their surroundings and set expectations for the world. By using machine-learning and brain imaging, researchers measured the extent of the 'co-occurrence' phenomenon and identified the brain region involved.

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