BCM network develops orientation selectivity and ocular dominance in natural scene environment

Harel Shouval*, Nathan Intrator, Leon N. Cooper

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Abstract

A two-eye visual environment is used in training a network of BCM neurons. We study the effect of misalignment between the synaptic density functions from the two eyes, on the formation of orientation selectivity and ocular dominance in a lateral inhibition network. The visual environment we use is composed of natural images. We show that for the BCM rule a natural image environment with binocular cortical misalignment is sufficient for producing networks with orientation-selective cells and ocular dominance columns. This work is an extension of our previous single cell misalignment model Shouval et al., 1996.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3339-3342
Number of pages4
JournalVision Research
Volume37
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1997

Funding

FundersFunder number
National Science Foundation
Office of Naval Research
Dana Foundation

    Keywords

    • Ocular dominance
    • Orientation selectivity
    • Synaptic plasticity
    • Visual cortex

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