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distributed processing
distributed processing Distributed processing is the idea that mental information is represented by patterns of activity spread across many neurons rather than stored in a single place.
Distributed processing is the idea that mental information is represented by patterns of activity spread across many neurons rather than stored in a single place. In this view, cognition arises from large neural populations working in parallel, which helps explain recognition, attention, memory, language, and the way function can remain partly intact when input is noisy or the system is damaged.