It is possible that the pattern of communication between them could be mapped to show how we think and how the higher functions of reasoning and memory come about. Recent research has demonstrated that with the help of a fluorescent protein we can now see a memory being formed at the single synapse level. Practical application may yet be a little too much science fiction for us to embrace fully, although I am tempted to predict that an understanding of the key role neurons may play in establishing identity might not be so very far away.
