Neuroscientists explain perception, memory, cognition, and consciousness as products of billions of neurons firing tiny spikes of voltage, yet the intricate details of this neural code remain unresolved.
While the focus has been on spikes in brain cells, ephaptic field effects, resulting from electric fields produced by neurons, may actually play a central role in our cognitive processes.
In their effort to understand the neural code, scientists have been unable to bridge the gap between sensory input and cognitive output, highlighting our limited knowledge about neural functions.
Mark Humphries emphasized the inadequacy of current models in explaining the full spectrum of mental processes, underscoring the unknowns in how neural spikes affect cognition and consciousness.
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