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. 2012 Jul 23;7(7):e40663. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040663

Table 1. Parameters in the model.

Parameter Semantic Network Lexical Network
Number of neurons, N 500 500
Sparseness, p 0.06 0.04
Correlation strength (% of overlapping active neurons out oftotal active neurons in a pattern) 0.066 (Typical) 0.1 (Strong) 0
Neuronal gain, T 0.05 0.05
Neuron’s time constant, τn 7 [ms] 13 [ms]
Neuronal activation threshold, θ 0.02 0.17
Regulation parameter, λ 14.75 27.75
Maximal firing rate, x max 100 [spks/sec] 100 [spks/sec]
Utilization of synapses within each network, Inline graphic [within] Control: 0.206 [1/spks] Schiz.: 0.2615 [1/spks] 0 [1/spks]
Utilization of synapses between networks, Inline graphic [between] Lexical to Semantic: Control: 0.087 [1/spks] Schiz: 0.1104 [a/Spks] Semantic to Lexical: Control: 0 [1/spks]Schiz.: 0 [1/spks]
Synaptic recovery time within each network, τr [within] 93 [ms]
Synaptic recovery time between networks, τr [between] Lexical to Semantic: 1333 [ms] Semantic to Lexical: –
Input gain between networks (Raw values. Actual valueswere normalized by the number of pre-synaptic activeneurons in a pattern) Lexical to Semantic: 2 Semantic to Lexical: 0.21
External input gain 0.56
Input threshold, θext 1 0.25
Noise amplitude, ηamp Default: 0.05 Low latching: 0.02 0.025
Noise temporal correlations, τcorr 17 [ms] 17 [ms]
Convergence threshold 0.95 0.95