Unsupervised learning of temporal features for word categorization in a spiking neural network model of the auditory brain.

The nature of the code used in the auditory cortex to represent complex auditory stimuli, such as naturally spoken words, remains a matter of debate. Here we argue that such representations are encoded by stable spatio-temporal patterns of firing within cell assemblies known as polychronous groups,...

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Main Authors: Irina Higgins, Simon Stringer, Jan Schnupp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5552261?pdf=render