Natural competition between brain circuits may boost information processing

Jammu, April 4 -- The competition between brain circuits could boost information processing

Whole-brain models generate brain activity from species-specific structural connectivity. Credit: Luppi et al. (Nature Neuroscience, 2026).

Over the past decades, neuroscience studies have painted an increasingly detailed picture of the human brain, its organization and how it supports various functions. To plan and execute desired behaviors in changing circumstances, networks of neurons in the brain can either work together or suppress each other, thus employing both cooperative and competitive interaction strategies.

Researchers at University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, McGill University, University of Aarhus and Pompeu Fabra University ...