Longer inhibitory connections can push simulated neural networks beyond critical tipping point

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In neuroscience, the brain criticality hypothesis proposes that neurons in the brain are arranged in such a way that neural activity lies at or near a transition point between two extremes: an ordered state where neural activity dies out quickly and a disordered state where neural activity tends to spread quickly and potentially grow uncontrollably. This transition point is known as criticality,…

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