Abstract
The idea that objects can be represented within multi-dimensional ‘cognitive spaces’ remains popular within psychology and neuroscience, and yet the restrictive topology of such spaces is seldom considered. Here, we show that it is possible, even within a simple set of items, to break such models by imposing neighbourhood relations that are incompatible with a purely spatial representation. These results highlight the fundamental limits of cognitive space as a representational format for complex cognition.
Competing Interest Statement
The authors have declared no competing interest.
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Posted April 26, 2022.
