# The columnar organization of the neocortex

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**Created:** [October 31, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/the-columnar-organization-of-the-neocortex/4862 "2018-10-31T18:20:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/the-columnar-organization-of-the-neocortex/4862/1 "2018-10-31T18:20:41Z")

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This 20-yr-old Mountcastle paper is highly relevant as we think about grid cells and object representation in neocortex.

> **[columnar organization of the neocortex.](https://academic.oup.com/brain/article/120/4/701/372118)**
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> Abstract. The modular organization of nervous systems is a widely documented principle of design for both vertebrate and invertebrate brains of which the colum