Synchronized activity
 
 

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.