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What are the implications of using geometric techniques for understanding the brain? After assessing the current limitations, the relationship with complementary techniques are outlined and it is argued that neuroscience is in need of a mathematics more suited to the behaviour of neurons as opposed to mathematics suited to our thought processes.
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Clement, R.A. (2022). Where Are We Going With All This?. In: Mathematical Tools for Neuroscience. Lecture Notes in Morphogenesis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98495-3_8
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