Invertebrate learning and cognition: relating phenomena to neural substrate

CJ Perry, AB Barron, K Cheng - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Diverse invertebrate species have been used for studies of learning and comparative
cognition. Although we have gained invaluable information from this, in this study we argue …

Honey bees selectively avoid difficult choices

CJ Perry, AB Barron - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Human decision-making strategies are strongly influenced by an awareness of certainty or
uncertainty (a form of metacognition) to increase the chances of making a right choice …

Categorization and decision-making in a neurobiologically plausible spiking network using a STDP-like learning rule

M Beyeler, ND Dutt, JL Krichmar - Neural Networks, 2013 - Elsevier
Understanding how the human brain is able to efficiently perceive and understand a visual
scene is still a field of ongoing research. Although many studies have focused on the design …

A computational framework for understanding decision making through integration of basic learning rules

M Bazhenov, R Huerta, BH Smith - Journal of Neuroscience, 2013 - Soc Neuroscience
Nonassociative and associative learning rules simultaneously modify neural circuits.
However, it remains unclear how these forms of plasticity interact to produce conditioned …

[HTML][HTML] Gain control network conditions in early sensory coding

E Serrano, T Nowotny, R Levi, BH Smith… - PLoS computational …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Gain control is essential for the proper function of any sensory system. However, the precise
mechanisms for achieving effective gain control in the brain are unknown. Based on our …

Learning pattern recognition and decision making in the insect brain

R Huerta - AIP Conference Proceedings, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
We revise the current model of learning pattern recognition in the Mushroom Bodies of the
insects using current experimental knowledge about the location of learning, olfactory …

Data-driven honeybee antennal lobe model suggests how stimulus-onset asynchrony can aid odour segregation

T Nowotny, JS Stierle, CG Galizia, P Szyszka - Brain research, 2013 - Elsevier
Insects have a remarkable ability to identify and track odour sources in multi-odour
backgrounds. Recent behavioural experiments show that this ability relies on detecting …

Improving odor classification through self-organized lateral inhibition in a spiking olfaction-inspired network

B Kasap, M Schmuker - 2013 6th International IEEE/EMBS …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this study, we propose unsupervised learning of the lateral inhibition structure through
inhibitory spike-timing dependent plasticity (iSTDP) in a computational model for multivariate …

[HTML][HTML] Natural image sequences constrain dynamic receptive fields and imply a sparse code

C Häusler, A Susemihl, MP Nawrot - Brain research, 2013 - Elsevier
In their natural environment, animals experience a complex and dynamic visual scenery.
Under such natural stimulus conditions, neurons in the visual cortex employ a spatially and …

[HTML][HTML] The ripple pond: enabling spiking networks to see

S Afshar, GK Cohen, RM Wang, A Van Schaik… - Frontiers in …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
We present the biologically inspired Ripple Pond Network (RPN), a simply connected
spiking neural network which performs a transformation converting two dimensional images …