# Is the Neuron the Smallest Unit of Brain Information by Dorsa Amir
> “Are the simplest bits of information in the brain stored at the level of the neuron?”
> **— Dorsa Amir**, *2018 Edge Annual Question, question*
## Sources and Context
- **Original Edge response:** [The Last Question — Dorsa Amir](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/27605) — Dorsa Amir's question in the 2018 Annual Question collection, posed rather than asserted as a conclusion. The Edge response page is the publication record for this exact question.
- **Local archival entry:** [[research/Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation]] (EDGE2018-137).
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## Related Topics
- [[wiki/Neuron|Neuron]]
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