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Cognitive Mirrors: Exploring the Diverse Functional Roles of Attention Heads in LLM Reasoning

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Main Authors:	Ma, Xueqi, Wang, Jun, Jiang, Yanbei, Erfani, Sarah Monazam, Liu, Tongliang, Bailey, James
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Neurons and Cognition Artificial Intelligence
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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