Neurons
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Humans can learn to control individual cortical neurons within minutes via feedback
“If I put an electrode almost anywhere in your brain and then wake you up in during surgery, And I show you a flashing light that is, that flashes proportionally to how much that neuron is firing, at least almost anywhere in cortex. Within a couple of minutes, …”
Arbaugh: Motor cortex neurons still fire during attempted movement despite paralysis
“When I was able to see my neurons firing for the first time, it really made me kind of emotional thinking that You know, when I move my index finger, there are still, like, neuron spikes, neurons firing in my brain. It's really just my spinal cord”
Rachitsky: 80% of neural signaling travels from the body to the brain
“80% of our neurons go from our body to our brain versus 20% is our brain telling our body what to feel.”
LeCun: Brains use digital neural spikes for energetic efficiency and signal regeneration
“Our brains actually use digital communication internally. A neuron, you know neurons send spike to communicate with each other. And the reason is it's easier to regenerate a binary signal than it is to regenerate an analog signal, and it's more efficient energ…”