Does anyone know what they mean by a "grid"? Different neurons can have different numbers of connections and they connect all over the place, not just to their immediate neighbors.
I read and reread the first page of this paper and I can't figure out what they're saying. What's new here?
I'm no domain expert, but I think by talking about individual neurons your comment is focused a bit too spatially small. The pathways described in the paper involve numerous axons hooking up widely separated neuron sets.
I.e. for a computer analogy, this isn't showing the scale of internal wiring for a chip, or even cables on the scale of hooking the motherboard to a hdd. It is showing the wiring on the scale of 'from one rack in a sever room to another across the room'. Or, for a highway analogy, not the housing subdivisions, more the freeways.
I haven't completely read it, but that data looks more noisy than that medical express link. That makes me trust it more. I (did?) wonder whether Science would do April fool's jokes, or whether the authors made a deal to do so, with the article itself being real.
I read and reread the first page of this paper and I can't figure out what they're saying. What's new here?