Symbol manipulation and rule learning in spiking neuronal networks

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 275, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-41

  Fernando, Chrisantha ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Learning classifier sysems; Neuronal replicator hypothesis; Spike time dependent plasticity; Spiking neural network

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BRAIN; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEARNING; SYMBOLISM;

ARTICLE; ATOM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LEARNING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS; SYMBOLISM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79551617570     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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