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The effect of a hebbian learning process in an isolated population of neurons is investigated using numerical simulations on a probabilistic neural network model. An increase of regularity in spike production is observed as a result of exposure to messages received by connections of adapting strength. The simple mechanism of synaptic adaptation that uses local information available at synapses is capable of driving the population towards a stable firing rhythm and does so by selecting a stable set of synaptic weights. The observed stable limit is coherent with a low firing profile in the activity of the isolated population model.
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Rodríguez, F.B., López, V. (1997). Stability and hebbian learning in populations of probabilistic neurons. In: Mira, J., Moreno-Díaz, R., Cabestany, J. (eds) Biological and Artificial Computation: From Neuroscience to Technology. IWANN 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1240. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0032502
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