A biologically plausible computational model of classical conditioning induced reorganization of tonotopic maps in the auditory cortex

A computational model of mechanisms controlling experience-dependent reorganization of representational maps in auditory cortex

“…Previous simulations of experience-dependent auditory cortical plasticity have typically focused on changes in the response properties of single cells induced by classical conditioning (Armony et al, 1995;de Pinho, Mazza, & Roque, 2000). Such changes can be produced after a small number (5-30) of training trials (Bakin & Weinberger, 1990;Edeline & Weinberger, 1993a).…”

“…Wang & Shamma, 1995a) and thus have not accounted for the plasticity seen in adults. The few modelers that have attempted to characterize auditory plasticity have focused on changes in the sensitivities of individual neurons (Armony et al, 1995;Armony, Servan-Schreiber, Romanski, Cohen, & LeDoux, 1997;de Pinho, Mazza, & Roque, 2000;Sanchez-Montanes et al, 2000). These models (with the exception of de Pinho, Mazza.…”