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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIFURCATION AND CHAOS
卷 15, 期 3, 页码 803-826出版社
WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBL CO PTE LTD
DOI: 10.1142/S0218127405012478
关键词
gain; neural network model; decision task; stochastic differential equation; reaction time; optimal speed and accuracy; matched filter; locus coeruleus
We review simple connectionist and firing rate models for mutually inhibiting pools of neurons that discriminate between pairs of stimuli. Both are two-dimensional nonlinear stochastic ordinary differential equations, and although they differ in how inputs and stimuli enter, we show that they are equivalent under state variable and parameter coordinate changes. A key parameter is gain: the maximum slope of the sigmoidal activation function. We develop piecewise-linear and purely linear models, and one-dimensional reductions to Ornstein-Ulilenbeck processes that can be viewed as linear filters, and show that reaction time and error rate statistics are well approximated by these simpler models. We then pose and solve the optimal gain problem for the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes, finding explicit again schedules that minimize error rates for time-varying stimuli. We relate these to time courses of norepinephrine release in cortical areas, and argue that transient firing rate changes in the brainstem nucleus locus coeruleus may be responsible for approximate gain optimization.
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