Emergence of memory
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
2009-11-07 v1 Neurons and Cognition
Abstract
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.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0211122,
title = {Emergence of memory},
author = {Konstantin Klemm and Preben Alstrom},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0211122},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
7 pages, 4 figures, EPL style