# Column models: Why can my toe recognize a coffee cup?

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**Created:** [September 8, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/column-models-why-can-my-toe-recognize-a-coffee-cup/8929 "2021-09-08T22:41:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![CollinsEM](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.numenta.org/collinsem/32/160_2.png) [@CollinsEM](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/CollinsEM)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/column-models-why-can-my-toe-recognize-a-coffee-cup/8929/42 "2021-09-23T18:40:02Z")

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The links to the papers are in the video description, and also in the [forum post](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/jeff-on-object-modeling-in-the-thousand-brains-theory-september-3-9-2021/8972).

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