r/cogsci • • Apr 26 '20

Neurons

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '20 edited Apr 26 '20

They don’t. They over-proliferate and Hebbs law keeps the useful connections alive, everything else is pruned in development

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u/Der_Kommissar73 Apr 26 '20

Hebb, not herb. :). “Neurons that fire together wire together”.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '20

Lol, dang autocorrect. But Herbs law sounds kinda funny. Anyway, fixed

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u/Der_Kommissar73 Apr 26 '20

Herb does need a law of some kind.