How do neurons fire and where do they go when we think?
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No single neuron is responsible for a complex thought, it’s many working together.
Every neuron is connected to lots of other neurons in a complex Web of interconnections. Looking at a single neuron, if signals on the incoming connections reach certain levels the neuron sends out signals on its outgoing connections to other neurons. From this cascade of signals being sent out or not being sent out emerges complex thought – how, we don’t really fully understand, although machine learning neural networks follow a similar principle and we do understand how they work moderately well.
As we learn, the connections can strengthen/decay. A strong connection triggers downstream neurons easily and a weak connection requires a really high output to trigger downstream neurons.
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