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Here's the referenced journal article...

"Cliques of Neurons Bound into Cavities Provide a Missing Link between Structure and Function"

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fncom.2017.0004...

NB: The supplementary material PDF has graphs showing dimensions 0 through 7 (note the zero-based indexing so that's 8 total dimensions). https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fncom.2017.00048...

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Yes, but the reference to eight-dimensionality is quite baffling. The peak of the population is at two, and there's a tail end far above.

My guess is that: after eight dimensions in a [cross]linked neural network, it becomes very difficult to draw conclusive distinction between the operation of synapse in the observed brain and simulated synapse. I shall have to catch up on the domain reading before providing you with a thorough answer on "how did we arrive at 8?"

Edit: Go to 6:01 in the video. There's a graph.

There's nothing in any of the graphs that screams “eight dimensions” to me. Am I missing something?

The number of dimensions is written across the bottom of the graph and 8 is right around the middle. It may be hard to see because of the video player bars.

~>> E8 ?

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