Dynamic linking among neural oscillators leads to flexible pattern recognition with figure-ground separation

Neural Networks

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 189-209

  Hirakura, Yutaka ^a   Yamaguchi, Yoko ^b   Shimizu, Hiroshi ^b   Nagai, Shinichi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

dynamic linking; fast synaptic modulation; figure ground; pattern recognition; reversible synaptic modulation; synchronization

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODULATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SYNCHRONIZATION; VISION;

DYNAMIC THINKING; FAST SYNAPTIC MODULATION; FIGURE GROUND SEPARATION; NEURAL OSCILLATORS; REVERSIBLE SYNAPTIC MODULATION;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; OSCILLATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030110828     PISSN: 08936080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0893-6080(95)00090-9     Document Type: Article

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