biology

Neuroscience

The most complex object in the known universe — explore how neurons fire, networks learn, and brains process information.

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The human brain contains roughly 86 billion neurons, each connected to thousands of others through synapses, forming the most complex network known to science. From this biological circuitry emerges everything we experience — thoughts, memories, emotions, consciousness itself. Neuroscience seeks to understand how.

These simulations explore the fundamental building blocks of neural computation. Watch an action potential race down an axon, see how Hebbian learning strengthens connections between co-active neurons, train a simple neural network to classify patterns, and observe the different firing patterns that encode information in the brain.

5 interactive simulations

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Neural Action Potential

Watch a neuron fire — see how ion channels open and close to produce the all-or-nothing electrical spike that carries information in the brain.

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Hebbian Learning Rule

Neurons that fire together wire together — watch synaptic connections strengthen in real time as correlated neurons form memory assemblies.

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Simple Perceptron Training

Train a perceptron to classify points — watch the decision boundary rotate and shift as gradient descent finds the optimal separation.

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Neural Firing Patterns

Explore the five distinct firing patterns neurons use to encode information — from steady tonic firing to complex bursting rhythms.

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Synaptic Plasticity & LTP/LTD

Explore spike-timing-dependent plasticity — see how millisecond differences in spike timing determine whether synapses strengthen or weaken.