Coding of distributed, topographic and non-specific representations within the brain
| Autor: | Chris J. Tinsley |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Statistics and Probability
Computer science Models Neurological Action Potentials Prefrontal Cortex Sensory system ENCODE Synaptic Transmission General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Cognition Non specific medicine Animals Humans Computer Simulation Prefrontal cortex Brain function Neurons Artificial neural network Applied Mathematics General Medicine medicine.anatomical_structure nervous system Modeling and Simulation Neuron Nerve Net Neuroscience Coding (social sciences) |
| Zdroj: | Biosystems. 92:159-167 |
| ISSN: | 0303-2647 |
| Popis: | This article explores the theoretical basis of coding within topographic representations, where neurons encoding specific features such as locations, are arranged into maps. A novel type of representation, termed non-specific, where each neuron does not encode specific features is also postulated. In common with the previously described distributed representations [Rolls, E.T., Treves, A., 1998. Neural Networks and Brain Function. Oxford University Press, Oxford], topographic representations display an exponential relationship between stimuli encoded and both number of neurons and maximum firing rate of those neurons. The non-specific representations described here display a binomial expansion between the number of stimuli encoded and the sum of the number of neurons and the maximum firing rate; therefore groups of non-specific neurons usually encode less stimuli than equivalent topographic layers of neurons. Lower and higher order sensory regions of the brain use either topographic or distributed representations to encode information. It is proposed that non-specific representations may occur in regions of the brain where different types of information may be represented by the same neurons, as occurs in the prefrontal cortex. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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