Attractor Network Models

Encyclopedia of Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 667-679

  Wang, X J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative memory; Continuous attractor; Decision making; Dynamic system; Molecular switch; Multistability; Neuronal spatiotemporal firing patterns; Persistent activity; Prefrontal cortex; Spontaneous up and down states; Time integration; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871717574     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045046-9.01397-8     Document Type: Chapter

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