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Before learning, the column can only become active if driven by a layer 4 cell. After learning, the column can become partially active via memory.

In contrast, our working memory, based in the prefrontal cortex and used for learning new activities, has quite limited resources.

In associative memory, a small input to the network reactivates an entire memory state.

The internal maps created by mirror neurons are automatic—they do not require consciousness or effort. We are hardwired from birth to detect sequences and make maps in our brains of the internal state—the intentional stance—of other people.

As we mature, the hippocampus weaves the basic forms of emotional and perceptual memory into factual and autobiographical recollections, laying the foundation for my ability to tell you about that long-ago snake encounter in the Sierras. However, this uniquely

initial neural activity states evolve towards the nearest, most similar memory