Electric fields, not individual neurons, may hold information in memory: study
There was a story I heard about the autistic guy who volunteered for transcranial magnetic stimulation. Those have been known to temporarily shift someone autistic into a consciousness state that is more neurotypical. In his case (and it is the only documented case), it was permanent.<p>He wrote a book about it. His marriage ended because of it (he had been a reliable emotional support for his wife while autistic), but he also became a lot closer to his son.<p>I think we’re only scratching the surface here, and even that, there are wide-ranging implications.