# Bad Influence story: Goodfire explains separating a neuron's overlapping roles via upstream and downstream neurons

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-10 13:26. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/47317080-ee4c-4eb0-a662-b2ce17badf68

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Latest update (11-10 13:26): Goodfire explains how to separate a neuron's overlapping roles

Overview: Goodfire says a neuron that responds to both oral-health and marine-ecology content can have those roles separated by examining the upstream neurons that activate it and the downstream neurons that respond to it. The explanation comes in a post on X from Goodfire's account, which gives this neuron as its example. The post reports the method but no measured results.

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1. 11-10 13:26 · Goodfire · [Goodfire explains how to separate a neuron's overlapping roles](https://badinfluence.news/items/h9kn4upex1x32ccnmbl96wyjk)
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