Limited synapse overproduction can speed development but sometimes with long-term energy and discrimination penalties

• Harang Ju,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Neuroscience Graduate Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  Affiliation Informed Simplifications LLC., Earlysville, Virginia, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1904-1753

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• Costa M. Colbert,

  Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mad Street Den Inc., Fremont, California, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5294-5581

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• William B. Levy

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wbl@virginia.edu

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6098-1280

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