Old versus new neural network

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I believe he is asking what the lizard brain does outside of cortical functions.

Note: There continues to be widespread confusion that the grid activation pattern is in the limbic system (hippocampus) and not in the cortex. The two are closely associated but the grid activation pattern is clearly located in the cortex.

The hippocampus has place cells - not the same thing at all.

This is a very weak start on an answer to Ed’s question:

Thoughts on multiple pathways for sensory input into the neocortex

It seems to be a thing for connectome/cortex researchers to ignore the processing that goes on in the “lower” brain structures. These were/are sufficient to run lizards and amphibians. There is absolutely no reason to think that they re not performing much of their original functions inside of the functioning brain. The lower brain receives a low-resolution image from the eye area “away” from the fovea and directs the eye to point at interesting areas to form identification of an object with a …