# Is Temporal Memory algorithm plausible biologically?

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**Category:** General Neuroscience\
**Created:** [October 28, 2018, 11:04am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/is-temporal-memory-algorithm-plausible-biologically/4839 "2018-10-28T11:04:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![OhMyHTM](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.numenta.org/ohmyhtm/32/3141_2.png) [@OhMyHTM](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/OhMyHTM)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 11:04am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/is-temporal-memory-algorithm-plausible-biologically/4839/1 "2018-10-28T11:04:15Z")

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I saw TM algorithm stores the active cells in the previous compute cycle, because neurons have memories?  
Will the pyramidal neurons remain active for a while after being activated by feedforward inputs? how long?

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**Author:** ![rhyolight](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.numenta.org/rhyolight/32/3922_2.png) [@rhyolight](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/rhyolight)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 2:11pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/is-temporal-memory-algorithm-plausible-biologically/4839/2 "2018-10-28T14:11:58Z")

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A post was merged into an existing topic: [Neuroscience newbie questions](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/neuroscience-newbie-questions/3511)

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**Author:** ![rhyolight](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.numenta.org/rhyolight/32/3922_2.png) [@rhyolight](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/rhyolight)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 2:11pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/is-temporal-memory-algorithm-plausible-biologically/4839/3 "2018-10-28T14:11:58Z")

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