Figure 6: Our interpretation of the canonical cortical micro-circuit. Only a single cortical region or Column is shown. Arrow endings indicate the type of connection - driver, modulator or inhibitor. The numbers 2/3, 4, 5, and 6 refer to specific cortical layers. Each shape represents a set of cells of a particular type, not an individual cell. Self-connections and connections within each set are not shown, but often exist. Shapes T and B refer to Thalamus and Basal Ganglia, not broken down into specific cell layers or types. Data enters the diagram at 4 points, labelled A-D, but does not exit; in general the system forms a circuit not a linear path. Note that shape T occurs twice, because the circuit receives data from only one part of the Thalamus but projects to two areas in forward and backward directions.