Biological evidence from cortical mapping studies demonstrates that the mammalian brain organizes sensory and cognitive information using topographic and spatial maps, aligning with self-organizing map principles.
The retrieved literature includes neuroscientific and computational papers (such as papers [0] and [3]) confirming that mammalian brains naturally form topological and spatiotopic maps across various sensory modalities. Other papers use self-organizing maps to model brain-inspired computing or analyze neural data, thereby supporting the claim that brains utilize or reflect self-organizing map structures for neural processing.