We May Have Misunderstood Action Potentials

Neurons are far more complex and magnificent than we can imagine

Ben L. Callif
Nov 5 · 5 min read
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The way you imagine neuronal signaling is almost certainly wrong, and I don’t blame you. The activity inside our brains is often depicted as electricity zipping from cell to cell in a neuronal network that looks like a fixed system of pneumatic tubes or conducting wires. But this is…

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Ben L. Callif

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Researcher | Philosopher | Facilitator | Author of Organumics: An Epigenetic Re-Framing of Consciousness, Life, and Evolution

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