COMPUTATION WITH CHAOS - A PARADIGM FOR CORTICAL ACTIVITY

Authors
BABLOYANTZ A LOURENCO C
Citation
A. Babloyantz et C. Lourenco, COMPUTATION WITH CHAOS - A PARADIGM FOR CORTICAL ACTIVITY, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United Statesof America, 91(19), 1994, pp. 9027-9031
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United Statesof America → ACNP
ISSN journal
00278424
Volume
91
Issue
19
Year of publication
1994
Pages
9027 - 9031
Database
ISI
SICI code
0027-8424(1994)91:19<9027:CWC-AP>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
A device comprising two interconnected networks of oscillators exhibit ing spatiotemporal chaos is considered. An external cue stabilizes inp ut specific unstable periodic orbits of the first network, thus creati ng an ''attentive'' state. Only in this state is the device able to pe rform pattern discrimination and motion detection. We discuss the rele vance of the procedure to the information processing of the brain.