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The memory retrieval process of number problems with external noise is studied with the use of the Bonhoeffer–van der Pol oscillator model. Three cell assembly responses are simulated, coding one true number and two neighboring erroneous. The time of a correct response, T c, was averaged over statistical assemblies of numerous trials. It is demonstrated that T c takes a minimum value for a certain noise intensity. This result correlates well with experimental data by Usher and Feingold (2000). The location of the minimum as a function of the time delay between two consecutive simulation trials is investigated.
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Landa, P., Kaplan, A. & Zhukovskaya, E. A model for the speed of memory retrieval. Biol. Cybern. 89, 313–316 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00422-003-0423-9
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00422-003-0423-9