A Postulate on the Brain's Basic Wiring Logic

Joe Z. Tsien

doi:10.1016/j.tins.2015.09.002

A Postulate on the Brain's Basic Wiring Logic

Joe Z. Tsien

Neurology

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Abstract

How should evolution and development build the brain to be capable of flexible and generative cognition? I wish to put forth a 'power-of-two'-based wiring logic that provides the basic computational principle in organizing the microarchitecture of cell assemblies that would readily enable knowledge and adaptive behaviors to emerge upon learning.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	669-671
Number of pages	3
Journal	Trends in Neurosciences
Volume	38
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2015.09.002
State	Published - Nov 2015

Keywords

Artificial intelligence
Cell assembly
Cognitive computing
Development
Evolution
Synaptic plasticity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Neuroscience

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