# Jeff on Minicolumns & Spatial Pooling

**URL:** <https://discourse.numenta.org/t/jeff-on-minicolumns-spatial-pooling/6401>\
**Category:** Live Streaming\
**Tags:** spatial-pooling, live, minicolumns\
**Created:** [August 2, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/jeff-on-minicolumns-spatial-pooling/6401 "2019-08-02T17:23:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![rhyolight](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.numenta.org/rhyolight/32/3922_2.png) [@rhyolight](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/rhyolight)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/jeff-on-minicolumns-spatial-pooling/6401/1 "2019-08-02T17:23:56Z")

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Similar to last week’s live-stream of [How to Model Neurons (with Jeff Hawkins)](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/how-to-model-neurons-with-jeff-hawkins/6350/15), on Monday we’ll be streaming a continuation of these topics. This time on minicolumns and Spatial Pooling.

Hope you can tune in.

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**Author:** ![rhyolight](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.numenta.org/rhyolight/32/3922_2.png) [@rhyolight](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/rhyolight)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/jeff-on-minicolumns-spatial-pooling/6401/2 "2019-08-05T15:37:29Z")

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Reminder that this live-stream starts in about 90 minutes.

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**Author:** ![photonymous](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.numenta.org/photonymous/32/4541_2.png) [@photonymous](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/photonymous)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 11:09pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/jeff-on-minicolumns-spatial-pooling/6401/3 "2019-08-09T23:09:06Z")

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In this video:

Jeff references a talk at Cosyne discussing the function (known and otherwise) of cells in the minicolumn, but he doesn’t give enough detail to find the talk. Could anyone post a link to this talk? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![rogert](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.numenta.org/rogert/32/1294_2.png) [@rogert](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/rogert)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/jeff-on-minicolumns-spatial-pooling/6401/4 "2019-08-10T14:14:10Z")

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Could it have been a reference to “The significance of nominally non-responsive activity in auditory perception and behavior” Michele Insanally et al ([Friday Session 2 9.30a](http://cosyne.org/c/index.php?title=Cosyne2017_Program))?

(couldn’t find video, but maybe [“Spike-timing-dependent ensemble encoding by non-classically responsive cortical neurons” Insanally et al 2019](https://elifesciences.org/articles/42409) is relevant?)

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**Author:** ![photonymous](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.numenta.org/photonymous/32/4541_2.png) [@photonymous](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/photonymous)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 12:27pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/jeff-on-minicolumns-spatial-pooling/6401/5 "2019-08-12T12:27:16Z")

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thank you for these tips! I will have a look

Ok, I had a look. That last paper you referenced is pretty much what I was after. Thanks!