RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The limited place in cognitive space
JF bioRxiv
FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
SP 2022.04.25.489165
DO 10.1101/2022.04.25.489165
A1 Carl J. Hodgetts
A1 Ulrike Hahn
YR 2022
UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2022/04/26/2022.04.25.489165.abstract
AB 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 StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest.