The Right Delay: Detecting spike patterns with STDP and axonal delays

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2010-04-28
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Axonal conduction delays are often ignored in simulations of spiking neural networks. Here, models of spiking neural networks with spike- timing-dependent plasticity, and conduction delays, are used in three sim- ulation experiments. The first two are based on studies by Masquelier et al. [10, 11], and the third is an expansion on their work. First, it is confirmed that a neuron can learn to detect the start of a repeating spatio-temporal spike pattern. Then, we confirm that multiple neurons can learn to detect multiple patterns, when they compete with each other through lateral inhibition. Finally, we show in a new experiment that by using axonal conduction delays, we can make a neuron sensitive to specific spatio-temporal spike patterns.
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Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen