SPIKING NEURON NETWORK APPARATUS AND METHODS
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Jun 4, 2012
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Apparatus and methods for heterosynaptic plasticity in a spiking neural network having multiple neurons configured to process sensory input. In one exemplary approach, a heterosynaptic plasticity mechanism is configured to select alternate plasticity rules when performing neuronal updates. The selection mechanism is adapted based on recent post-synaptic activity of neighboring neurons. When neighbor activity is low, a regular STDP update rule is effectuated. When neighbor activity is high, an alternate STDP update rule, configured to reduce probability of post-synaptic spike generation by the neuron associated with the update, is used. The heterosynaptic mechanism impedes that neuron to respond to (or learn) features within the sensory input that have been detected by neighboring neurons, thereby forcing the neuron to learn a different feature or feature set. The heterosynaptic methodology advantageously introduces competition among neighboring neurons, in order to increase receptive field diversity and improve feature detection capabilities of the network.
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