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. 1990 Dec;87(23):9241–9245. doi: 10.1073/pnas.87.23.9241

Modulation of function and gated learning in a network memory.

L F Abbott 1
PMCID: PMC55140  PMID: 2251269

Abstract

Memory and learning are studied in a model neural network made from component cells with a variety of realistic intrinsic dynamic behaviors. Modulation of intrinsic cellular characteristics causes a network to switch between two entirely different modes of operation. In one mode the network acts as a selective, long-term associative memory, whereas in the other it is a nonselective, short-term latching memory. Such functional modulation can be used as a mechanism for initiating and terminating learning in a network associative memory.

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