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Homogeneous neural networks cannot provide complex cognitive functions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 1999

Alexey M. Ivanitsky
Affiliation:
Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117865, Russiaalivanit@aha.runikolaev@aha.ru www.psi.med.ru
Andrey R. Nikolaev
Affiliation:
Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117865, Russiaalivanit@aha.runikolaev@aha.ru www.psi.med.ru

Abstract

Within the Hebbian paradigm the mechanism for integrating cell assemblies oscillating with different frequencies remains unclear. We hypothesize that such an integration may occur in cortical “interaction foci” that unite synchronously oscillated assemblies through hard-wired connections, synthesizing the information from various functional systems of the brain.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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