Cell Assemblies vs. Hopfield Nets

HopfieldMammalian Brain/CAs
ConnectionsBidirectionalUnidirectional
ConnectivityWell ConnectedSparsely Connected and Distance Biased
FatigueNoneFatiguing
DecayNo Activity RetainedActivity Leaks Away
ThresholdPositive or NegativePositive(Constant in CAs)
Gray's LawNeurons can have positive and negative synapses Synapses from a neuron are either all positive or all negative
Energy FunctionCalculableOpen Question
LearningVariousHebbian and Open Question