Well, following so many replies telling me what a wally I am for assuming
only 6 neurons, I guess I'd better clarify. Sorry my question came off
so naive, but I was after details as to if there are some general
neuron classes which would map simply to cybernetic control levels
in biological vertebrates.
As the classic electronic Neural-Net Neuron is a corruption of the
small brain synapse, are there some other *general* classes of neuron
whose *main functions* are things like centralized wiring, electrical
signal collision arbitration, motor interface, sensation, and
locomotion preprocessing? And if so, does anybody know if these classes
have specific titles?
I've been working at building robotic forms of such devices and have
had some success. The purpose behind my post was to find out
if there might be some biologic names for the classes of modified neurons
I use in my artificial nervous systems.
You know, have I discovered something in one science that has
a matching label in another? Lends some validity, usually.
Oh, by the way, after a bit of digging, it seems the picture flashed
during the aforementioned Neural-Net lecture was just a breakdown of
6 types of human sensory neuron. No panic.
Is all.
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