Grid Cells in the Brain: The First Principle for Hexagon
Emergence
Volume 5 - Issue 3
Alexander Chalyi*
- Department of Medical and Biological Physics and Informatics, Bogomolets National Medical University, Ukraine
Received: February 24, 2021 Published:March 8, 2021
Corresponding author: Alexander Chalyi, Professor, Head of Department of Medical and Biological Physics and Informatics, Bogomolets National Medical University, Ukraine
DOI: 10.32474/OJNBD.2021.05.000212
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Abstract
This review article is devoted to a qualitative explanation of the fundamental reason for the formation of hexagonal structures in the system of grid cells in the brain (2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine). To achieve this goal, use is made of
a) Richard Feynman’s classification of three stages in the study of natural phenomena and, first of all, the most important stage
of cognition, associated with the formulation of the “first principle” of the appearance of hexagons.
b) A synergetic approach that allows transferring the results of Hermann Haken for the physical system of Benard cells to the
neurophysiological system of grid cells.
c) The achievements of the fluctuation theory of phase transitions, which makes it possible to describe the features of processes
near bifurcation (critical) points.
d) The concept of “ universality classes “ that unite the phenomena of animate and inanimate nature.
Keywords: Grid cells; Hexagons; Feynman classification; Phase transitions; Universality classes
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