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Real action is in connections, not individual neurons
The crucial part of understanding the brain is the wiring diagram—how neurons are connected to each other, where each gets input from and sends output to—rather than just the individual neurons, because this connectivity (the connectome) is crucially important for learning and memory.
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Sean CarrollEvidence Quote
“it's the wiring diagram, the way that all the neurons are talking to each other, where the neuron gets input from, where it sends its output to, sometimes called the connectome of the brain. That appears to be crucially important for understanding how we learn, how we have memories”
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:30:16 AM
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