11 Dimensional structures discovered in the brain (newsweek.com)

7 points by mikkom 9y ago ↗ HN

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What does that even mean? A football team is also a 11 dimensional or 11*N dimensional.

I don't understand what they mean by 11 dimensions. Last I checked we only have 3 spacial dimensions (exotic theories notwithstanding).

mcphage 9y ago ↗

You can have neurons connected to each other in ways that resemble the geometry of higher dimensions. Like, imagine that the vertices in this image are neurons, with the edges being connections between them: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Di...