Synchronization and computation in a chaotic neural network

D. Hansel*, H. Sompolinsky

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Abstract

Chaos generated by the internal dynamics of a large neural network can be correlated over large spatial scales. Modulating the spatial coherence of the chaotic fluctuations by the spatial pattern of the external input provides a robust mechanism for feature segmentation and binding, which cannot be accomplished by networks of oscillators with local noise. This is demonstrated by an investigation of synchronized chaos in a network model of bursting neurons responding to an inhomogeneous stimulus.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)718-721
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume68
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1992

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