A number simplex in the human medial temporal lobe
Hanlin Zhu, Assia Chericoni, Taha Ismail, Elizabeth A. Mickiewicz, Melissa C. Franch, Tarana Nigam, Xinyuan Yan, James L. Belanger, Ana G. Chavez, Jahnavi Nair, Danika Paulo, Eleonora Bartoli, Jay A. Hennig, Tomasz Fraczek, Nicole R. Provenza, , Benjamin Y. Hayden
The paper identifies simplex-shaped neural manifolds for number representation in the human medial temporal lobe and finds similarities with large language models.
bioRxiv · Jun 28, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience