Models of distributed associative memory networks in the brain

Theory in Biosciences

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-69

  Sommer, Friedrich T ^a   Wennekers, Thomas ^b  

^a Redwood Neuroscience Institute   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS IN THE SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bidirectional associative memory; Cell assemblies; Cognitive modeling; Memory systems; Reciprocal connections

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; CELL INTERACTION; COGNITION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; REVIEW; SIMULATION; THEORY; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038353680     PISSN: 14317613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1431-7613-00074     Document Type: Review

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