{"id":170201,"date":"2023-08-22T11:25:16","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T16:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/neural-number-crunching-why-mammal-brains-favor-lognormal-patterns"},"modified":"2023-08-22T11:25:16","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T16:25:16","slug":"neural-number-crunching-why-mammal-brains-favor-lognormal-patterns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/neural-number-crunching-why-mammal-brains-favor-lognormal-patterns","title":{"rendered":"Neural Number Crunching: Why Mammal Brains Favor Lognormal Patterns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/neural-number-crunching-why-mammal-brains-favor-lognormal-patterns3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary: <\/strong>New research delves into how the statistical distributions of neuron densities shape mammalian brains.<\/p>\n<p>The study analyzed seven species, discovering that neuron densities follow a lognormal distribution \u2013 a fundamental organizational principle. This distribution is distinct due to its asymmetric curve and is significant for understanding brain connectivity and the design of brain-inspired technology.<\/p>\n<p>As many attributes of the brain align with this distribution, it hints at its potential computational benefits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: New research delves into how the statistical distributions of neuron densities shape mammalian brains. The study analyzed seven species, discovering that neuron densities follow a lognormal distribution \u2013 a fundamental organizational principle. This distribution is distinct due to its asymmetric curve and is significant for understanding brain connectivity and the design of brain-inspired technology. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":599,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}