Thread: The tenth digit
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Old 03-18-2008, 04:17 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by SteveDallas View Post
Are the numerals customarily used to represent individual digits arbitrary?
No. We have ten clumps of neurons that represent the ten digits. They study stroke and brain injury patients to see what they "lose" when certain parts of the brain are damaged. The ten digits reside just above and slightly behind your ear.
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