Plausible Neurons and Cell Assemblies
- Cell Assemblies (CAs) are a relatively old concept (Hebb 1949).
- CAs are the basis of mammalian concepts.
- CAs are reverberating circuits of neurons. The neurons have relatively
large synaptic strength within the CA and small outside the CA.
- We have used plausible neural models to simulate CAs.
- Neurons in our model are
- leaky integrators,
- they fatigue,
- learning is Hebbian,
- are either excitatory or inhibitory but not both (Dale's Law).
- Our model functions in discrete times which is not biologically
plausible, but is efficient.
- There are more accurate models of neurons, but we hope this model
captures all of the important computational properties. (We are
open to change if is necessary.)
