Computer Model Helps Make Sense of Human Memory (IMAGE)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

Computer Model Helps Make Sense of Human Memory

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An excitatory circuit, μ, comprises a pattern of neurons that are firing (1) or not (0). Local and global inhibitory circuits acted on the excitatory circuit, allowing the circuit to remember a pattern for longer. This artificial network represents memory processes taking place in the hippocampus.

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