Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience

Research Article

Lateral Information Processing by Spiking Neurons: A Theoretical Model of the Neural Correlate of Consciousness

Table 1

State variables of neuron 𝑖 .
Variable Physical correlate Description
𝑜 𝑖 𝑉 𝑠 Output voltage sent along axon
𝑎 𝑖 𝑉 𝑖 Activation of neuron
𝑡 𝑖 𝑉 t h r e s h o l d Firing threshold voltage
̃ 𝑎 𝑖 𝑉 𝑒 , 𝑖 Temporal average of outgoing spikes
𝑎 𝑖 𝑉 𝑐 , 𝑖 Spatial average of temporal average