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FIGURE 13.2: A directed graph of a spiking neuron (solid black node)
connected to several post-synaptic neurons. The edges show the direction of
the information flow.
transformed information on to the next neural layer through axons. From
the perspective of computer science, neurons provide the computational units
of the brain while axons provide the communication channels through which
information travels.
Communication occurs when a neuron “fires” (spikes) and the resulting
action potential travels over an axon until it reaches the synapse of another
neuron, potentially causing the receiving (post-synaptic) neuron to ...