Rhythmic inhibition allows neural networks to search for maximally consistent states

DOI10.1162/NECO_A_00785zbMATH Open1414.92035DBLPjournals/neco/MostafaMI15arXiv1503.02777WikidataQ40398861 ScholiaQ40398861MaRDI QIDQ5380352FDOQ5380352

Hesham Mostafa, Giacomo Indiveri, Lorenz K. Müller

Publication date: 4 June 2019

Published in: Neural Computation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Gamma-band rhythmic inhibition is a ubiquitous phenomenon in neural circuits yet its computational role still remains elusive. We show that a model of Gamma-band rhythmic inhibition allows networks of coupled cortical circuit motifs to search for network configurations that best reconcile external inputs with an internal consistency model encoded in the network connectivity. We show that Hebbian plasticity allows the networks to learn the consistency model by example. The search dynamics driven by rhythmic inhibition enable the described networks to solve difficult constraint satisfaction problems without making assumptions about the form of stochastic fluctuations in the network. We show that the search dynamics are well approximated by a stochastic sampling process. We use the described networks to reproduce perceptual multi-stability phenomena with switching times that are a good match to experimental data and show that they provide a general neural framework which can be used to model other 'perceptual inference' phenomena.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.02777

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zbMATH Keywords

neural networksHebbian plasticitygamma-band rhythmic inhibition

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Neural networks for/in biological studies, artificial life and related topics (92B20)

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