https://phys.org/news/2014-08-physicists-eye-neural-formula-zipf.html https://phys.org/news/2014-08-physicists-eye-neural-formula-... >Their findings, verified

https://phys.org/news/2014-08-physicists-eye-neural-formula-zipf.html https://phys.org/news/2014-08-physicists-eye-neural-formula-... >Their findings, verified with neural data of blowflies reacting to changes in visual signals, may have universal applications. "It's a simple mechanism," Nemenman says. "If a system has some hidden variable, and many units, such as 40 or 50 neurons, are adapted and responding to the variable, then Zipf's law will kick in."