Toulouse G, Dehaene S, Changeux J P
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1986 Mar;83(6):1695-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.83.6.1695.
A model of learning by selection is described at the level of neuronal networks. It is formally related to statistical mechanics with the aim to describe memory storage during development and in the adult. Networks with symmetric interactions have been shown to function as content-addressable memories, but the present approach differs from previous instructive models. Four biologically relevant aspects are treated--initial state before learning, synaptic sign changes, hierarchical categorization of stored patterns, and synaptic learning rule. Several of the hypotheses are tested numerically. Starting from the limit case of random connections (spin glass), selection is viewed as pruning of a complex tree of states generated with maximal parsimony of genetic information.
在神经网络层面描述了一种通过选择进行学习的模型。它在形式上与统计力学相关,旨在描述发育过程中和成年期的记忆存储。具有对称相互作用的网络已被证明可作为内容可寻址存储器,但当前方法与先前的指导性模型不同。探讨了四个与生物学相关的方面——学习前的初始状态、突触符号变化、存储模式的层次分类以及突触学习规则。对其中几个假设进行了数值测试。从随机连接(自旋玻璃)的极限情况出发,选择被视为对以最大简约遗传信息生成的复杂状态树的修剪。