Backward Neural Connections (IMAGE)

Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown

Backward Neural Connections

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The existence of 'backwards' neural connections linking distant areas of the neocortex -– the part of the brain responsible for higher cognitive functions -- have baffled scientists for decades.

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Marques et al.

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