Oscillatory Model of Short Term Memory
Abstract
We investigate a model in which excitatory neurons have dynamical thresh(cid:173) olds which display both fatigue and potentiation. The fatigue property leads to oscillatory behavior. It is responsible for the ability of the model to perform segmentation, i.e., decompose a mixed input into staggered oscillations of the activities of the cell-assemblies (memories) affected by it. Potentiation is responsible for sustaining these staggered oscillations after the input is turned off, i.e. the system serves as a model for short term memory. It has a limited STM capacity, reminiscent of the magical number 7 ± 2.
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Horn and Usher. "Oscillatory Model of Short Term Memory." Neural Information Processing Systems, 1991.Markdown
[Horn and Usher. "Oscillatory Model of Short Term Memory." Neural Information Processing Systems, 1991.](https://mlanthology.org/neurips/1991/horn1991neurips-oscillatory/)BibTeX
@inproceedings{horn1991neurips-oscillatory,
title = {{Oscillatory Model of Short Term Memory}},
author = {Horn, David and Usher, Marius},
booktitle = {Neural Information Processing Systems},
year = {1991},
pages = {125-132},
url = {https://mlanthology.org/neurips/1991/horn1991neurips-oscillatory/}
}