Study finds dendrites compute information independently within neurons

Research published in Science shows dendrites act as independent processors, significantly expanding the computational capacity of individual neurons beyond the traditional single-unit model. This discovery challenges the assumption that the brain's 86 billion neurons function as simple, singular processors.
Featured · Attila Losonczy
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