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Neurons — neuron firing simulation

Two nearby neuron fields linked by only a handful of short bridge connections. Click starts a session — nearest neuron fires, then pulses spill unpredictably between the two clusters.

How it works

Two nearby neuron fields. Each field connects densely to its own 6 nearest neighbors, but the two fields only talk through 10 short bridge links.

Click starts a session: the nearest neuron fires, sends pulses along outbound edges, and the sparse bridges let activity jump unpredictably from one field into the other. Each neuron fires once per session; the next click resets every counter.

Fired neurons stay lit for 3 propagation steps, then fade over ~600ms.

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