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Dendrites are just a specific part of a neuron (1), so you are no more correct. More importantly, neurons are nothing like transistors. Each neuron contains si
by protonfish 8y ago
Dendrites are just a specific part of a neuron (1), so you are no more correct.
More importantly, neurons are nothing like transistors. Each neuron contains significant computing power. For example, in the retina of a frog there is a neuron that accepts as inputs dendrites from an area of light-sensitive cells (rods and cones) and only fires when a small, round, moving object is in the field of view. These neurons are colloquially called "bug perceivers." (2)
1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuron
2 "What the Frog's Eye Tells the Frog's Brain" (1959)