Identified Neurons: what if every neuron in the human brain has its own identity?

Abstract

Recent research suggests that human memories are stored not between neurons as synaptic weights, but within individual neurons themselves. This opens the possibility to replace the dominant paradigm of brain function – neural networks – with a new one. In this article, I explore how “identified neurons” could explain how memories are stored, and how human traits are implemented in the brain.

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Robert Vermeulen
University of Rochester

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