Nature.com May 20, 2026 • 09:20

The brain’s code seems to be in constant flux. Neuroscientists are baffled - Nature

Neurons fire much more erratically than researchers thought. What does that mean for how the brain works?

It is a dogma in neuroscience that certain brain cells respond in the same way to the same thing. Specific neurons always fire, for example, when we see particular shapes and colours; other neurons a… [+10187 chars]

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The brain’s code seems to be in constant flux. Neuroscientists are baffled - Nature

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