?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Statistical+mechanics+of+neocortical+interactions%3A+Stability+and+duration+of+the+7%2B-2+rule+of+short-term-memory+capacity&rft.creator=Ingber%2C+Lester&rft.subject=Computational+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Statistical+Models&rft.description=This+paper+is+an+essential+addendum+to+L.+Ingber%2C+%60%60Statistical+mechanics+of+neocortical+interactions.+Derivation+of+short-term-memory+capacity%2C''+Phys.+Rev.+A+29%2C+3346-3358+(1984).+Calculations+are+presented+here+to+support+the+claim+there%2C+that+there+exists+an+approximate+one-dimensional+solution+to+the+two-dimensional+neocortical+Fokker-Planck+equation.+This+solution+is+extremely+useful%2C+not+only+to+obtain+a+closed+algebraic+expression+for+the+time+of+first+passage%2C+but+also+to+establish+that+minima+of+the+associated+path-integral+stationary+Lagrangian+are+indeed+stable+points+of+the+transient+dynamic+system.+Also%2C+a+relatively+nontechnical+summary+is+given+of+the+basic+theory.&rft.date=1985&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpostscript&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F102%2F2%2Fsmni85_stm.ps&rft.identifier=++Ingber%2C+Lester++(1985)+Statistical+mechanics+of+neocortical+interactions%3A+Stability+and+duration+of+the+7%2B-2+rule+of+short-term-memory+capacity.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F102%2F