The Snoopy Curve of Neural Firing Percentages of CA
- Thoughts last after the stimulation is gone.
- Somehow, the circuitry must remain active, after
the initial stimulus.
- It's important to note that in the "wild", CAs are activated by
a small number of neurons.
- Related feature neurons and non-feature neurons will be activated.
- The environmental input is an initial burst of activation
(Ignition of the CA [Braitenberg])
- After an initial burst of activation, the circuit remains active.
- The continued activation is lower, but is still above baseline.
- That activation gradually decays.
- If there is not enough initial activation, the circuit is not activated. The concept is not activated.
- This reverberation also aids in learning and may even be essentail for
it.
- That is, this activation curve strengthens the CA.
- This leaves a snoopy curve [Kaplan], that describes the
activity of a CA.
