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Overview
A neurocomputer is a type of computer built from or inspired by biological neurons. Neurocomputers can be constructed in a variety of ways using fundamentally different devices. Purely biological neurocomputers, a type of wetware computer, are constructed using in vitro neurons with an electronic interface. Solid-state neurocomputers are contructed from specially designed electronic devices that model the behavior of living neurons. Neurocomputers may also simply be simulated on a general computer. Currently, neurocomputers are primarily research devices used in exploring the computational capabilities of neurons and the relationship between computation and higher-order neurological processes, e.g. cognition. While it is readily apparent neurons are capable of various forms of computation, how exactly a group of neurons performs computations or how those computations lead to higher-order processes is a current topic of research.