Figure 2.

Multiple stimuli. (a–d) Target stimulus (black), the distracting stimuli (gray), and the readout region (dashed rectangle) in four characteristic situations. (a) Control condition: stimuli do not interact, and readout only captures the target stimulus. (b) Representations of the stimuli interact through the lateral coupling within the network. (c) Readout captures activity from the distracting stimuli. (d) Conditions b and c are combined. (e) The performance of the system in encoding and classifying stimuli in the four situations, respectively. (Bars = ±SD over 20 trials.)