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ArticleCognitive neurodynamics2017

A decision-making model based on a spiking neural circuit and synaptic plasticity.

Hui Wei, Yijie Bu, Dawei Dai

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Article in Cognitive neurodynamics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Hui WeiLaboratory of Cognitive Modeling and Algorithms, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Data Science, Department of Computer Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2696-0707
Yijie BuLaboratory of Cognitive Modeling and Algorithms, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Data Science, Department of Computer Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Dawei DaiLaboratory of Cognitive Modeling and Algorithms, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Data Science, Department of Computer Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To adapt to the environment and survive, most animals can control their behaviors by making decisions. The process of decision-making and responding according to cues in the environment is stable, sustainable, and learnable. Understanding how behaviors are regulated by neural circuits and the encoding and decoding mechanisms from stimuli to responses are important goals in neuroscience. From results observed in Drosophila experiments, the underlying decision-making process is discussed, and a neural circuit that implements a two-choice decision-making model is proposed to explain and reproduce the observations. Compared with previous two-choice decision making models, our model uses synaptic plasticity to explain changes in decision output given the same environment. Moreover, biological meanings of parameters of our decision-making model are discussed. In this paper, we explain at the micro-level (i.e., neurons and synapses) how observable decision-making behavior at the macro-level is acquired and achieved.

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Decision-making behaviorDrift diffusion modelLearning mechanismSpiking neural circuitSynaptic plasticity

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PMID29067130
PMCPMC5637713

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