Are Grid Cells Hexagonal for Performance or by Convenience?
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| author | Mir, Taahaa Yao, Peipei Duranceau, Kateri Prémont-Schwarz, Isabeau |
| author_facet | Mir, Taahaa Yao, Peipei Duranceau, Kateri Prémont-Schwarz, Isabeau |
| contents | This paper investigates whether the hexagonal structure of grid cells provides any performance benefits or if it merely represents a biologically convenient configuration. Utilizing the Vector-HaSH content addressable memory model as a model of the grid cell -- place cell network of the mammalian brain, we compare the performance of square and hexagonal grid cells in tasks of storing and retrieving spatial memories. Our experiments across different path types, path lengths and grid configurations, reveal that hexagonal grid cells perform similarly to square grid cells with respect to spatial representation and memory recall. Our results show comparable accuracy and robustness across different datasets and noise levels on images to recall. These findings suggest that the brain's use of hexagonal grids may be more a matter of biological convenience and ease of implementation rather than because they provide superior performance over square grid cells (which are easier to implement in silico). |
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| spellingShingle | Are Grid Cells Hexagonal for Performance or by Convenience? Mir, Taahaa Yao, Peipei Duranceau, Kateri Prémont-Schwarz, Isabeau Neurons and Cognition Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Neural and Evolutionary Computing This paper investigates whether the hexagonal structure of grid cells provides any performance benefits or if it merely represents a biologically convenient configuration. Utilizing the Vector-HaSH content addressable memory model as a model of the grid cell -- place cell network of the mammalian brain, we compare the performance of square and hexagonal grid cells in tasks of storing and retrieving spatial memories. Our experiments across different path types, path lengths and grid configurations, reveal that hexagonal grid cells perform similarly to square grid cells with respect to spatial representation and memory recall. Our results show comparable accuracy and robustness across different datasets and noise levels on images to recall. These findings suggest that the brain's use of hexagonal grids may be more a matter of biological convenience and ease of implementation rather than because they provide superior performance over square grid cells (which are easier to implement in silico). |
| title | Are Grid Cells Hexagonal for Performance or by Convenience? |
| topic | Neurons and Cognition Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Neural and Evolutionary Computing |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.11886 |