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Neural Darwinism is a principle that, in the development of the nervous system, synapses form haphazardly at first, and then a selection process keeps some and rejects others. Neural Darwinism is Edelman's theory that groups of neurons are in constant competition with one another, each attempting to recruit adjacent neurons to their group and thus perform a particular function.
Deutsch: Neuronales Feuern / Español: Disparo Neuronal / Português: Disparo Neural / Français: Décharge Neuronale / Italian: Attivazione Neurale
Neural firing in the psychology context refers to the process by which neurons (nerve cells) communicate with each other through electrical impulses known as action potentials. When a neuron "fires," it generates an electrical signal that travels along its axon to transmit information to other neurons, muscles, or glands. This process is fundamental to brain function and underlies all cognitive processes, including thinking, memory, perception, and emotion.
Neural network refers to a system of input, hidden, and output units that is capable of learning if the mathematical weights among the units are systematically modified either according to Hebb's rule or by back-propagation. Please see also Hebb's rule, Connectionism. And Back-propagation systems