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Modeling Neural Activity

Figure 8

Properties of the mean field equation of the Ising model. (a) The stability diagram. (b) Bifurcation diagram. (c) The cusp catastrophe shows the dependence of magnetization m on both the temperature (T) and an external magnetic field (h).
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(a) Stability diagram
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(b) Bifurcation diagram at
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(c) Cusp catastrophe