Hexagons all the way down: Grid cells as a conformal isometric map of space
Vemund Sigmundson Schøyen, Kosio Beshkov, Markus Borud Pettersen, Erik Hermansen, Konstantin Holzhausen, Anders Malthe‐Sørenssen, Marianne Fyhn, Mikkel Elle Lepperød
This paper investigates grid cells as a conformal isometric map of space, showing that a module of at least seven grid cells can achieve a distance-preserving representation with regular hexagonal phase patterns.
PLoS Computational Biology · Feb 13, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience