Bifurcation of learning and structure formation in neuronal maps

Most learning processes in neuronal networks happen on a much longer time scale than that of the underlying neuronal dynamics. It is therefore useful to analyze slowly varying macroscopic order parameters to explore a network's learning ability. We study the synaptic learning process giving ris...

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Main Authors: Marschler, Christian (Author) , Faust-Ellsässer, Carmen (Author) , Starke, Jens (Author) , Hemmen, Jan L. van (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 20 November 2014
In: epl
Year: 2014, Volume: 108, Issue: 4
ISSN:1286-4854
DOI:10.1209/0295-5075/108/48005
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/108/48005
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Author Notes:Christian Marschler, Carmen Faust-Ellsässer, Jens Starke and J. Leo van Hemmen
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Summary:Most learning processes in neuronal networks happen on a much longer time scale than that of the underlying neuronal dynamics. It is therefore useful to analyze slowly varying macroscopic order parameters to explore a network's learning ability. We study the synaptic learning process giving rise to map formation in the laminar nucleus of the barn owl's auditory system. Using equation-free methods, we perform a bifurcation analysis of spatio-temporal structure formation in the associated synaptic-weight matrix. This enables us to analyze learning as a bifurcation process and follow the unstable states as well. A simple time translation of the learning window function shifts the bifurcation point of structure formation and goes along with traveling waves in the map, without changing the animal's sound localization performance.
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ISSN:1286-4854
DOI:10.1209/0295-5075/108/48005