Crosstalk and transitions between multiple spatial maps in an attractor neural network model of the hippocampus: Phase diagram
R. Monasson and S. Rosay
Phys. Rev. E 87, 062813 (2013)
Published June 20, 2013
Researchers at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris have simulated the behavior of networks of “place cells” that store memories of location and spatial maps in the brain. In additional to revealing that some noise (but not too much) in the network can improve its storage capacity, the authors find that encoding too many spatial maps in the network may cause the memories to slip away entirely.