https://www.quantamagazine.org/neural-dendrites-reveal-their-computational-power-20200114/
Hidden Computational Power Found in the Arms of Neurons
Jordana Cepelewicz
Staff Writer
January 14, 2020
The dendritic arms of some human neurons can perform logic operations that once seemed to require whole neural networks.
“So why do single compartments within a neuron need the capacity to do what the entire neuron, or a small network of neurons, can do just fine? …“Maybe you have a deep network within a single neuron,” Poirazi said. “And that’s much more powerful in terms of learning difficult problems, in terms of cognition.””