TY - JOUR
T1 - Neural network model with discrete and continuous information representation
AU - Kitazono, Jun
AU - Omori, Toshiaki
AU - Okada, Masato
PY - 2009/11
Y1 - 2009/11
N2 - An associative memory model and a neural network model with a Mexican-hat type interaction are two major attractor neural network models. The associative memory model has discretely distributed fixedpoint attractors, and achieves a discrete information representation. on the other hand, a neural network model with a Mexican-hat type interaction uses a ring attractor to achieves a continuous information representation, which can be seen in the working memory in the prefrontal cortex and columnar activity in the visual cortex. in the present study, we propose a neural network model that achieves discrete and continuous information representation. We use a statistical-mechanical analysis to find that a localized retrieval phase exists in the proposed model, where the memory pattern is retrieved in the localized subpopulation of the network. in the localized retrieval phase, the discrete and continuous information representation is achieved by using the orthogonality of the memory patterns and the neutral stability of fixed points along the positions of the localized retrieval. The obtained phase diagram suggests that the antiferromagnetic interaction and the external field are important for generating the localized retrieval phase.
AB - An associative memory model and a neural network model with a Mexican-hat type interaction are two major attractor neural network models. The associative memory model has discretely distributed fixedpoint attractors, and achieves a discrete information representation. on the other hand, a neural network model with a Mexican-hat type interaction uses a ring attractor to achieves a continuous information representation, which can be seen in the working memory in the prefrontal cortex and columnar activity in the visual cortex. in the present study, we propose a neural network model that achieves discrete and continuous information representation. We use a statistical-mechanical analysis to find that a localized retrieval phase exists in the proposed model, where the memory pattern is retrieved in the localized subpopulation of the network. in the localized retrieval phase, the discrete and continuous information representation is achieved by using the orthogonality of the memory patterns and the neutral stability of fixed points along the positions of the localized retrieval. The obtained phase diagram suggests that the antiferromagnetic interaction and the external field are important for generating the localized retrieval phase.
KW - Associative memory model
KW - Localized activity
KW - Mexican-hat type interaction
KW - Statistical mechanics
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U2 - 10.1143/JPSJ.78.114801
DO - 10.1143/JPSJ.78.114801
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:70449412421
VL - 78
JO - Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
JF - Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
SN - 0031-9015
IS - 11
M1 - 114801
ER -