Associative memory models : from the cell-assembly theory to biophysically detailed cortex simulations

• The second half of the past century saw the emergence of a theory of cortical associative memory function originating in Donald Hebb's hypotheses on activity-dependent synaptic plasticity and cell-assembly formation and dynamics. This conceptual framework has today developed into a theory of attractor memory that brings together many experimental observations from different sources and levels of investigation into computational models displaying information-processing capabilities such as efficient associative memory and holistic perception. Here, we outline a development that might eventually lead to a neurobiologically grounded theory of cortical associative memory.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences (hsv//eng)

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primary visual-cortex

short-term-memory

neural networks

computer-simulation

cortical-neurons

cerebral-cortex

synapses

brain

oscillations

columns

Informatics, computer and systems science

Informatik, data- och systemvetenskap

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