Hippocampus serves as a repository for spoken and heard word meanings during conversations
Ana G. Chavez, Xinyuan Yan, Melissa C. Franch, Elizabeth A. Mickiewicz, Will Baltazar, James L. Belanger, Davin Devara, Maya Etta, Thomas Hamre, Taha Ismail, Brad Joiner, Yoon Hee Kim, Abhinav Kona, Kasra A. Mansourian, Amy Nangia, , Benjamin Y. Hayden
The paper shows hippocampal neurons encode meanings of spoken and heard words using shared geometric embeddings, enabling abstract cross-personal representations while preserving speaker identity binding.
bioRxiv · Sep 20, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience