Plato's theory of ideas revisited

Neural Networks

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1269-1288

  Pelaez, Javier Ropero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Binding; Burst firing; Cortex 4th layer; Orthogonalization; Pyramidal neurons; Spine; Temporal coding; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

PLATO'S THEORY;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ACTION POTENTIAL; BRAIN CORTEX; DENDRITE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RECALL; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS;

EID: 0031259550     PISSN: 08936080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0893-6080(97)00052-X     Document Type: Article

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