# The Hidden Structure of the Neocortical Column by Kathryn Hess

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**Created:** [March 6, 2021, 3:56am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/the-hidden-structure-of-the-neocortical-column-by-kathryn-hess/8298 "2021-03-06T03:56:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![heger.valter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.numenta.org/heger.valter/32/4265_2.png) [@heger.valter](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/heger.valter)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2021, 3:56am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/the-hidden-structure-of-the-neocortical-column-by-kathryn-hess/8298/1 "2021-03-06T03:56:21Z")

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Ran across this,

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BnhHNCel8Fo/maxresdefault.jpg "The Hidden Structure of the Neocortical Column") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnhHNCel8Fo)

Interesting stuff. Hope you think so.  
[https://bbp.epfl.ch/nmc-portal/downloads](https://bbp.epfl.ch/nmc-portal/downloads)

> **[Cliques of Neurons Bound into Cavities Provide a Missing Link between...](https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fncom.2017.00048/full)**
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> The lack of a formal link between neural network structure and its emergent function has hampered our understanding of how the brain processes information. We have now come closer to describing such a link by taking the direction of synaptic...

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**Author:** ![Ed\_Pell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6bbea6/32.png) [@Ed\_Pell](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Ed_Pell)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/the-hidden-structure-of-the-neocortical-column-by-kathryn-hess/8298/2 "2021-03-07T19:53:51Z")

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Am I missing something or is no learning involved in these connections? No data stream specific connectivity?