A cell assembly model for complex behaviour

Neurocomputing

Volumn 70, Issue 10-12, 2007, Pages 1988-1992

  Wennekers, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attractor network; Behavioural modeling; Brain theory; Cell assembly; Synfire chain

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ATTRACTOR NETWORK; BEHAVIOURAL MODELING; BRAIN THEORY; CELL ASSEMBLY; HEBBIAN CELL ASSEMBLIES; SYNFIRE CHAINS (SFCS);

CELLULAR NEURAL NETWORKS;

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL LOBE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 34247468329     PISSN: 09252312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2006.10.079     Document Type: Article

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