Dance of Neurons

Adam Rychlý

Trying to grasp the complexity of the human brain is an extremely complex task that has been researched for hundreds of years. This artwork takes a simple brain activity model and visualizes the beautiful and complex dance hidden within the neural activity of out brains.

493107-Rychly_Adam-DanceOfNeurons-Voiceover.mp4

Code snippet

// Updating neuron agents

update() {       

    if (this.active) {

        for (let i = 0; i < this.synapses.length; i++) {

            this.synapses[i].activate(this);

        }

    }

}


// Change state of synapse agent 

changeState() {

    this.synapseCooldown--;

    if (this.activated) {

        this.active = true;

        this.activated = false;

        return;

    }


    if (this.active) {

        this.active = false;

    }

}