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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Neuroscience
  • Information Science

Background:

  • Knowledge is traditionally viewed as a product of neuron activity within the brain.
  • The concept of an
  • invisible hand
  • in markets prompts questions about analogous mechanisms in knowledge.
  • Can knowledge representation outside the brain reflect underlying neural activity?

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if patterns of neural activity are discernible in external knowledge representations.
  • To explore the existence of an
  • invisible brain
  • or collective hidden neural networks.
  • To characterize knowledge growth in relation to neural network activity.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of knowledge patterns in published scientific articles.
  • Examination of knowledge activity within patent databases.
  • Characterization of knowledge increase as neural network activity growth.

Main Results:

  • Identified patterns of neural activity reflected in the representation of knowledge-based activities.
  • Observed similar phenomena in the analysis of knowledge within patents.
  • Demonstrated a correlation between knowledge increase and neural network activity growth.

Conclusions:

  • Knowledge-related activity can be observed outside the direct mechanism of neuron activity.
  • The findings suggest that knowledge may operate as an independent mechanism, akin to an
  • invisible brain
  • .
  • This collective hidden neural network represents decades of learned knowledge.