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Anti-Hebbian learning is a form of activity-dependent synaptic plasticity that is defined as the opposite of Hebbian learning. Hebbian learning is commonly defined as follows: correlated activation in the pre- and postsynaptic neurons leading to the strengthening of the connection between the two neurons. However, the original definition offered in Hebb (1949) talks about the increase in the presynaptic neuron’s efficiency of eliciting activity in the postsynaptic neuron, under the same correlated firing condition. These two definitions (strengthening of connection vs. increased efficiency) are compatible only when the presynaptic neuron is excitatory. They are contradictory when the presynaptic neuron is inhibitory: increased connection strength (weight, efficacy) corresponds to decreased efficiency in eliciting response. Assuming the original definition of Hebbian learning, we can define anti-Hebbian learning as a form of synaptic plasticity where correlated activation in...
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Choe, Y. (2014). Anti-Hebbian Learning. In: Jaeger, D., Jung, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7320-6_675-1
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