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The backpropagation algorithm has promoted the rapid development of deep learning, but it relies on a large amount of labeled data and still has a large gap with how humans learn. The human brain can quickly learn various conceptual…

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Real-time tracking of high-speed objects in cognitive tasks is challenging in the present artificial intelligence techniques because the data processing and computation are time-consuming resulting in impeditive time delays. A…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-11-05 Qi Zheng , Yuanyuan Mi , Xiaorui Zhu , Zhe Yuan , Ke Xia

Distinguishing active from passive dynamics is a fundamental challenge in understanding the motion of living cells and other active matter systems. Here, we introduce a framework that combines physical modeling, analytical theory, and…

Neuronal oscillations are closely related to the symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD). In this study, we explore how random fluctuations (or "stochastic inputs") affect these oscillations in brain states, which reflect the collective…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2025-02-24 Thoa Thieu , Roderick Melnik

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…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2026-05-25 Stefan Ruschel , Emanuil Hristov , Hil G. E. Meijer , Stephen Coombes , Rachel Nicks

Understanding how long-term stimulation reshapes neural circuits requires uncovering the rules of brain plasticity. While short-term synaptic modifications have been extensively characterized, the principles that drive circuit-level…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2026-03-03 Zhichao Liang , Jingzhe Lin , Xinyi Li , Guanyi Zhao , Quanying Liu

General results from statistical learning theory suggest to understand not only brain computations, but also brain plasticity as probabilistic inference. But a model for that has been missing. We propose that inherently stochastic features…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2016-02-17 David Kappel , Stefan Habenschuss , Robert Legenstein , Wolfgang Maass

Spike-timing dependent plasticity (STDP) which observed in the brain has proven to be important in biological learning. On the other hand, artificial neural networks use a different way to learn, such as Back-Propagation or Contrastive…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-06-10 Shiyuan Li

The problem of training spiking neural networks (SNNs) is a necessary precondition to understanding computations within the brain, a field still in its infancy. Previous work has shown that supervised learning in multi-layer SNNs enables…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2018-03-12 Amirhossein Tavanaei , Anthony S. Maida

A broad range of nonlinear processes over networks are governed by threshold dynamics. So far, existing mathematical theory characterizing the behavior of such systems has largely been concerned with the case where the thresholds are…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2013-05-21 Leon Chang , Jeffrey Cochran , Henning S. Mortveit , Siddharth Raval , Matthew Schroeder

Spiking activity of neurons engaged in learning and performing a task show complex spatiotemporal dynamics. While the output of recurrent network models can learn to perform various tasks, the possible range of recurrent dynamics that…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2018-08-21 Christopher Kim , Carson Chow

Attention is the brain's ability to selectively focus on a few specific aspects while ignoring irrelevant ones. This biological principle inspired the attention mechanism in modern Transformers. Transformers now underpin large language…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-11-19 Kallol Mondal , Ankush Kumar

Neural circuits exhibit remarkable computational flexibility, enabling adaptive responses to noisy and ever-changing environmental cues. A fundamental question in neuroscience concerns how a wide range of behaviors can emerge from a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-09-18 Giacomo Barzon , Daniel M. Busiello , Giorgio Nicoletti

The quest for highly efficient cognitive computing has led to extensive research interest for the field of neuromorphic computing. Neuromorphic computing aims to mimic the behavior of biological neurons and synapses using solid-state…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2021-08-31 Humberto Inzunza Velarde , Jheel Nagaria , Zihan Yin , Ajey Jacob , Akhilesh Jaiswal

Although representation learning methods developed within the framework of traditional neural networks are relatively mature, developing a spiking representation model remains a challenging problem. This paper proposes an event-based method…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2018-06-15 Amirhossein Tavanaei , Timothee Masquelier , Anthony Maida

This paper presents a constructive algorithm that achieves successful one-shot learning of hidden spike-patterns in a competitive detection task. It has previously been shown (Masquelier et al., 2008) that spike-timing-dependent plasticity…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2017-08-31 Toby Lightheart , Steven Grainger , Tien-Fu Lu

In this work, we propose time-integrated spike-timing-dependent plasticity (TI-STDP), a mathematical model of synaptic plasticity that allows spiking neural networks to continuously adapt to sensory input streams in an unsupervised fashion.…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2024-07-16 William Gebhardt , Alexander G. Ororbia

Attractor networks are an influential theory for memory storage in brain systems. This theory has recently been challenged by the observation of strong temporal variability in neuronal recordings during memory tasks. In this work, we study…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2021-12-02 Ulises Pereira-Obilinovic , Johnatan Aljadeff , Nicolas Brunel

We consider the storage properties of temporal patterns, i.e. cycles of finite lengths, in neural networks represented by (generally asymmetric) spin glasses defined on random graphs. Inspired by the observation that dynamics on sparse…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2020-12-03 Sungmin Hwang , Enrico Lanza , Giorgio Parisi , Jacopo Rocchi , Giancarlo Ruocco , Francesco Zamponi

Neural variability plays a central role in neural coding and neuronal network dynamics. Unreliability of synaptic transmission is a major source of neural variability: synaptic neurotransmitter vesicles are released probabilistically in…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2012-10-29 Steven Reich , Robert Rosenbaum