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Card #c103IR // #c103Synthesis

BC refers to the intricate network of neural pathways that facilitate communication between different brain regions, essential for cognition, behavior, and perception.

— In our words · Source: Brain Networks (M. Hassan (ed./contrib. volume))

[Use when]

When someone still talks about "the brain center for X" as a lone island.

[Why it matters]

Cognition is framed as inter-region traffic, not a single GPU in the skull.

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