In the first part of this series, I discussed the idea that we only use 10% of our brains. I showed recent neuroscientific evidence that there is a substantial number of neurons that don't seem to ...

Many areas of the brain function by having lots of neurons recognize and communicate simple features. A new study suggests one way this simple, sparse coding is enforced. "Increasing its activity is ...

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