Neuroscience · Computational Neuroscience
A topic within Computational Neuroscience, itself one of 10 topics in that field and part of Neuroscience.
2 works
Donald Hebb
Proposes that a synapse strengthens when its presynaptic cell repeatedly helps fire the postsynaptic one, giving learning and memory a concrete cellular mechanism.
link checked 17 Sept 2026Guo-Qiang Bi & Mu-Ming Poo
Demonstrates that whether a synapse strengthens or weakens depends on the precise millisecond timing between pre- and postsynaptic spikes, not just their correlated activity.
link checked 17 Sept 2026