Development of orientation-selective simple cell receptive fields (Rishikesh and Venkatesh, 2003)


Implementation of a computational model for the development of simple-cell receptive fields spanning the regimes before and after eye-opening. The before eye-opening period is governed by a correlation-based rule from Miller (Miller, J. Neurosci., 1994), and the post eye-opening period is governed by a self-organizing, experience-dependent dynamics derived in the reference below.

Model Type: Realistic Network; Neuron or other electrically excitable cell; Synapse

Region(s) or Organism(s): Neocortex

Model Concept(s): Rate-coding model neurons; Unsupervised Learning; Winner-take-all; Development; Orientation selectivity; Vision

Simulation Environment: C or C++ program

Implementer(s): Narayanan, Rishikesh [rishi at iisc.ac.in]

References:

Rishikesh N, Venkatesh YV. (2003). A computational model for the development of simple-cell receptive fields spanning the regimes before and after eye-opening Neurocomputing 50