This model shows how spatial representations in 3D space could emerge using unsupervised neural networks. Model is a hierarchical one which means that it has multiple layers, where each layer has got a specific function to achieve. This architecture is more of a generalised one i.e. it gives rise to different kinds of spatial representations after training.
Model Type: Connectionist Network
Region(s) or Organism(s): Hippocampus; Entorhinal cortex
Cell Type(s): Abstract rate-based neuron
Model Concept(s): Spatial Navigation; Learning; Unsupervised Learning
Simulation Environment: MATLAB
Implementer(s): Soman, Karthik [karthi.soman at gmail.com]
References:
Soman K, Chakravarthy S, Yartsev MM. (2018). A hierarchical anti-Hebbian network model for the formation of spatial cells in three-dimensional space. Nature communications. 9 [PubMed]