Author: Shon A Rao R Sejnowski T
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
ISSN: 0954-898X
Source: Network: Computation in Neural Systems, Vol.15, Iss.3, 2004-08, pp. : 179-198
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Abstract
We describe a possible mechanism for the formation of direction- and velocity-selective cells in visual cortex through spike-timing dependent learning. We contrast the case where only feedforward excitation and inhibition signals are provided to visual neurons with the case where both feedforward and feedback signals are provided. In the feedforward-only case, neurons become selective for a broad range of velocities centered around the training velocity. However, we show that direction selectivity in this case is strongly dependent on delayed feedforward inhibition and in contrast to experimental results, becomes dramatically weaker when inhibition is reduced. When feedback connections are introduced, direction selectivity becomes much more robust due to predictive delays encoded in recurrent activity. Direction selectivity persists in the face of decreasing inhibition in a manner similar to experimental findings. The model predicts that direction-selective cells should exhibit anticipatory activity due to recurrent excitation and suggests a pivotal role for spike-timing dependent plasticity in shaping cortical circuits for visual motion detection and prediction.
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