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ArticleArXiv2026

Hyperbolic Neural Population Geometry Benefits Computation.

Dennis Wu, Yi-Chun Hung, Braden Yuille, James E Fitzgerald, Han Liu

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Article in ArXiv, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Dennis WuDepartment of Computer Science, Northwestern University.
Yi-Chun HungDepartment of Computer Science, Northwestern University.
Braden YuilleIntegrated Science Program, Northwestern University.
James E FitzgeraldDepartments of Neurobiology, Physics and Astronomy, and Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University.
Han LiuDepartment of Computer Science, Northwestern University.

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TGFB-LIKE SIGNALING IN THE PARASITE SCHISTOSOMA MANSONIF32AI010513 · NIAID · CORNELL UNIVERSITY ITHACA · PI BEALL, MELISSA J · 2000 to 2000
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NIAID NIH HHS F32 AI010513
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neural population geometry shapes downstream computation. Recent empirical findings in neurobiology suggest that a hyperbolic structure underlies population activity in the hippocampus. Here we provide a theoretical framework for this phenomenon. First, we propose a plausible construction of hippocampal tuning curves that statistically induces hyperbolic geometry. Next, we establish a connection between neural decoding and associative memory by demonstrating that the Modern Hopfield Network update rule computes the minimum mean-squared-error (MMSE) estimator. Finally, we introduce a novel associative memory model defined in hyperbolic space that yields significantly larger capacity than leading models. Our results suggest that animals encode spatial information as a latent hyperbolic cognitive map, improving both memory capacity and decoding accuracy.

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PMID42328290
PMCPMC13278257

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