When
performing a certain task, a human brain
can be seen to activate neurons dispersed
over the whole neocortex and other
regions. Certain functions like anwering
mathematical questions seem to be carried
out by a collective of spatially
dispersed neurons.
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Similarly, when a more complex
question is put to a company, many
different departments, computers or
single people must enter into coordinated
activity to solve the task.