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When neurons are exposed to task-related sensory input, it alters their behavior and makes them more sensitive to small stimuli, leading to cascades of brain activity, supporting the critical brain hypothesis.
A paper published in Nature Communications shows that when neurons are given information about the changing world around them (task-related sensory input) it changes how they behave, putting them on edge so that tiny inputs can then set off “avalanches” of brain activity, supporting a theory known as the critical brain hypothesis.