Joe Z. Tsien and Phillip Wang, Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University (IMAGE)

Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

Joe Z. Tsien and Phillip Wang, Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University

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At its most basic level, the brain is about the power of two, says Medical College of Georgia neuroscientist Dr. Joe Z. Tsien.

He postulates in his "Theory of Connectivity" that, not unlike high school, where a human clique includes your closest friends, a neural clique is typically comprised of a couple of similar neurons. But unlike most transient teenage cliques, neural cliques provide a basic, prewired framework for how neurons connect and function lifelong.

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