A spiking model of cortical broadcast and competition (Shanahan 2008)

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Accession:116871
"This paper presents a computer model of cortical broadcast and competition based on spiking neurons and inspired by the hypothesis of a global neuronal workspace underlying conscious information processing in the human brain. In the model, the hypothesised workspace is realised by a collection of recurrently interconnected regions capable of sustaining and disseminating a reverberating spatial pattern of activation. ..."
Reference:
1 . Shanahan M (2008) A spiking neuron model of cortical broadcast and competition. Conscious Cogn 17:288-303 [PubMed]
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Model Type: Realistic Network; Neuron or other electrically excitable cell;
Brain Region(s)/Organism: Neocortex;
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Simulation Environment: MATLAB;
Model Concept(s): Temporal Pattern Generation; Spatio-temporal Activity Patterns; Simplified Models; Working memory;
Implementer(s): Shanahan, Murray [m.shanahan at imperial.ac.uk];
function plot_layer(layer,i,t)
% Displays neuron firings in layer i at time t
if ~isempty(layer{i}.firings)
   fired = layer{i}.firings(find(layer{i}.firings(:,1)==t),2);
else
   fired = [];
end;
subplot(5,5,layer{i}.pos);
cla;
s = ceil(sqrt(layer{i}.rows*layer{i}.columns));
plot(floor((fired-1)./s)+1,mod(fired-1,s)+1,'.');
title(layer{i}.name);
axis([1 s 1 s]);
axis square;
end

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