Processing of analogy in the thalamocortical circuit

Choe, Yoonsuck (2003) Processing of analogy in the thalamocortical circuit. [Conference Paper] (In Press)

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Abstract

The corticothalamic feedback and the thalamic reticular nucleus have gained much attention lately because of their integrative and modulatory functions. A previous study by the author suggested that this circuitry can process analogies (i.e., the {\em analogy hypothesis}). In this paper, the proposed model was implemented as a network of leaky integrate-and-fire neurons to test the {\em analogy hypothesis}. The previous proposal required specific delay and temporal dynamics, and the implemented network tuned accordingly functioned as predicted. Furthermore, these specific conditions turn out to be consistent with experimental data, suggesting that a further investigation of the thalamocortical circuit within the {\em analogical framework} may be worthwhile.

Item Type: Conference Paper The previous version contained a small error (which does not affect the main result) in two of the computational results, which was fixed in this version This new version will be appearing in the conference proceeding. analogy, thalamus, integrate and fire neuron, delay, time constant, thalamic reticular nucleus Neuroscience > Neural ModellingNeuroscience > Computational NeuroscienceNeuroscience > NeurophysiologyComputer Science > Neural NetsComputer Science > Artificial IntelligencePsychology > Perceptual Cognitive Psychology 2997 Choe, Yoonsuck 03 Jun 2003 11 Mar 2011 08:55