Wednesday, 22 May 2013

Multitasking neurons found essential to the brain’s computational power

May 21, 2013


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There are many neurons, especially in brain regions that perform sophisticated functions such as thinking and planning, that react in different ways to a wide variety of things. MIT neuroscientist Earl Miller first noticed these unusual activity patterns about 20 years ago, while recording the electrical activity of neurons in animals that were trained to … more…

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