The construction of a simultaneous functional order in nervous systems. I. Relevance of signal covariances and signal coincidences in the construction of a functional order
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title: The construction of a simultaneous functional order in nervous systems. I. Relevance of signal covariances and signal coincidences in the construction of a functional order
zbMATH Open document ID: 0629.92005
DOI: 10.1007/BF00318721
author: B. George
published in: Biological Cybernetics
publication date: 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: A broad range of algebraic and topological concepts and constructions is used to transform successively the information given by covariances and coincidences of signals between neurons into structures which may represent functional and even anatomical (geometrical) order in the network. Thus it is possible for the brain to develop functionally relevant and structurally efficient connections by self organizing mechanisms, depending on activities directly perceived by the neural system. The presented results thus support the hypothesis that algorithms rather than specific neuronal connections are genetically preprogrammed. In Part I, an unordered collection of neurons is transformed into a poset of blocks, two neurons of the same block having the same covariance/coincidence relation to all other elements of the block. By neuron merging and recruitment, the poset is further converted into a lattice. In Part II, see the following entry, Zbl 0629.92006, functional analogies for some geometrical concepts like `between', `dimension' etc. are defined and computed from the lattice order; certain subsets of the lattice are identified with an abstract geometrical complex, reflecting the underlying structure of detectors.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 92Cxx
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 68T05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 92F05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 94C99
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 06F99
zbMATH DE Number: 4025214
zbMATH Keywords: nervous systems
zbMATH Keywords: signal covariances
zbMATH Keywords: signal coincidences
zbMATH Keywords: simultaneous functional order
zbMATH Keywords: simulation experiments
zbMATH Keywords: neuron-recruitment
zbMATH Keywords: signal activity
zbMATH Keywords: lattice order
zbMATH Keywords: abstract geometrical complex
zbMATH Keywords: brain
zbMATH Keywords: self organizing mechanisms
zbMATH Keywords: neural system
zbMATH Keywords: algorithms
zbMATH Keywords: unordered collection of neurons
zbMATH Keywords: poset of blocks
Wikidata QID: Q52610362
reviewed by: J.Horejs
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
cites work: Q5604326
cites work: Q3875978
cites work: Simultaneous order in nervous nets from a functional standpoint
cites work: Geometrical structures determined by the functional order in nervous nets
full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00318721
OpenAlex ID: W2299407041
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