| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 59, Number 5, September 2002
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 662 - 668 | |
| Section | General | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2002-00176-1 | |
| Published online | 01 September 2002 | |
Emergence of memory
Niels Bohr Institute - Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø,
Denmark
Received:
5
September
2001
Accepted:
6
June
2002
We propose a new self-organizing mechanism behind the emergence of memory in which temporal sequences of stimuli are transformed into spatial activity patterns. In particular, the memory emerges despite the absence of temporal correlations in the stimuli. This suggests that neural systems may prepare a spatial structure for processing information before the information itself is available. A simple model illustrating the mechanism is presented based on three principles: 1) Competition between neural units, 2) Hebbian plasticity, and 3) recurrent connections.
PACS: 05.65.+b – Self-organized systems / 87.18.Sn – Neural networks / 05.45.-a – Nonlinear dynamics and nonlinear dynamical systems
© EDP Sciences, 2002
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