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5 - Mind and Machine-2 - What Neurons Know
5 - Mind and Machine-2 - What Neurons Know
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Synaptic Ef cacy Detour
MACH BANDS
What’s really there - the reality.
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Synaptic Ef cacy Detour
MACH BANDS What we see - the perception.
Intensity
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Synaptic Ef cacy Detour
LATERAL INHIBITION
Electrophysiology
Electrophysiology
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Synaptic Ef cacy Detour
LATERAL INHIBITION
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Synaptic Ef cacy Detour
LATERAL INHIBITION
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What can a neuron know?
w1 x1
LATERAL INHIBITION
Xn neurotransmitter
input to the nth dendrite
w2 x2
Wn weight with which input to
A neuron “knows” in the context of the nth dendrite impacts neuron
w3 x3
its surrounding neurons.
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Every neuron has a different set of
w4 x4
neighbors.