A neural cocktail-party processor
Biological Cybernetics
Weakly connected neural networks
Weakly connected neural networks
Neural Networks: A Comprehensive Foundation
Neural Networks: A Comprehensive Foundation
Complex-Valued Neural Networks (Studies in Computational Intelligence)
Complex-Valued Neural Networks (Studies in Computational Intelligence)
Brain Dynamics: Synchronization and Activity Patterns in Pulse-Coupled Neural Nets with Delays and Noise (Springer Series in Synergetics)
Temporal coding: Assembly formation through constructive interference
Neural Computation
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Recent progress towards modeling temporal coding based on networks of coupled phase model oscillators (with amplitude dynamics that generalizes classical neural networks) is reviewed and possible directions of future research are sketched. The review concentrates on models that complement synchronization with so-called acceleration. The latter mechanism implies an increased phase velocity of neural units in case of stronger and/or more coherent input from the connected units. Assuming Hebbian storage of patterns, it is demonstrated that the inclusion of acceleration introduces a competition for coherence that has a profound and favorable effect on pattern recognition. Temporal assemblies, understood as phase-locked sets of coherent patterns, win the competition, while the other patterns become de-coherent or off-state. Outlook is given on paths towards including inhibition, hierarchical processing, and zero-lag synchronization despite time delays. We also mention possible relations to recent neurophysiological experiments that study the recoding of excitatory drive into phase shifts.