Table 1.

Priors and the physiological interpretation of model parameters with fixed point bistability

Parameter (mean)	Physiological interpretation	Prior value
	Excitatory and inhibitory magnitude in synaptic function	3.25, 22
	Excitatory and inhibitory rate constant = 1/delay	10, 200
	Intrinsic coupling parameters for each column	0.1, 0.1,15, 3
	Intrinsic coupling parameters in feedback loops for each column	3, 0.1, 30
	Extrinsic coupling parameters (lateral connections)	0.6, 19,0.6, 19

Subscript ‘e’ (‘i’): excitatory (inhibitory)