How attention can create synaptic tags for the learning of working memories in sequential tasks.

Intelligence is our ability to learn appropriate responses to new stimuli and situations. Neurons in association cortex are thought to be essential for this ability. During learning these neurons become tuned to relevant features and start to represent them with persistent activity during memory del...

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Main Authors: Jaldert O Rombouts, Sander M Bohte, Pieter R Roelfsema
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-03-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4351255?pdf=render