Network Attractors driven by Time-Delay Plasticity
Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
2026-05-25 v1
Abstract
We develop a framework for collective frequency selection and attractor formation by means of delay plasticity. Specifically, we consider adaptive axonal delays (AADs), motivated by activity-dependent myelination in the brain which regulates signal propagation speeds and thus communication delays. We demonstrate frequency selection and explosive network relaxation oscillations in systems of delay-coupled phase oscillators with AADs on brain connectivity data and fully coupled ring networks.
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@article{arxiv.2605.23520,
title = {Network Attractors driven by Time-Delay Plasticity},
author = {Stefan Ruschel and Emanuil Hristov and Hil G. E. Meijer and Stephen Coombes and Rachel Nicks},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.23520},
year = {2026}
}
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6 pages, 2 figures