Researchers led by Xu Ninglong at the Chinese Academy of Sci
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2026-10-16 02:10:03
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Researchers led by Xu Ninglong at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology (Institute of Neuroscience) report in Science on Oct. 16 that dendritic computation in cortical neurons participates in cognitive processing for flexible decision-making. The study finds distinct intraneuronal functional compartments: apical dendrites encode abstract rules and infer hidden behavioral logic while the soma processes sensory inputs, and their coordinated activity produces decision output. Suppressing dendritic activity markedly weakens neurons’ decision output, supporting dendrites as a core computational substrate for higher-order decisions and providing a theoretical basis for brain-inspired AI system design.
