Cortex-basal ganglia interaction and attractor states

• We propose a set of hypotheses about how the basal ganglia contribute to information processing in cortical networks and how the cortex and basal ganglia interact during learning and behavior. We introduce a computational model on the level of system of networks. We suggest that the basal ganglia control cortical activity by pushing a local cortical network into a new attractor state, thereby selecting certain attractors over others. The ideas of temporal difference learning and convergence of corticostriatal fibers from multiple cortical areas within the striatum are combined in a modular learning system capable of acquiring behavior with sequential structure.

Subject headings

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

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

Keyword

basal ganglia

striatum

loops

modeling

recurrent networks

attractor state

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)