# How do human brains represent things?

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**Created:** [October 28, 2018, 3:29am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/how-do-human-brains-represent-things/4835 "2018-10-28T03:29:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/how-do-human-brains-represent-things/4835/2 "2018-10-28T03:35:28Z")

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This is so weird - I feel like I have seen this question posed somewhere before.  
Like here maybe?

> [@How do human brains represent things?](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/how-do-human-brains-represent-things/3403):
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> The question I have is how do brains build internal representations: go from general to specific or specific to general Using dog as an example dog to legs/tail/head/trunk to tail has tip, legs come in front and back and have orientation and paws on end, head has many features, this can go on tongue is long and wet and warm,… or tail tip/paws/nose leads us to tail/leg/head leads us to dog I am not asking about the sensor system rather the internal mental representation. I note that littl…

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