Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience

Research Article

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

Table 2

Parameters used for the simulation.
Parameter Description Value
𝛼 𝑜 Decay of the output spiking voltage 0.5
𝛼 𝑎 Decay of the neuron's activation potential 0.01
𝛼 𝑡 Temporal averaging factor 0.01
𝛼 𝑠 Spatial averaging factor 0.0001
𝜖 Activation leakage to adjacent neuron upon firing 0.001
𝛾 Factor influencing reduction of firing threshold 0.0
𝑤 𝑖 𝑗 Weight between neurons 𝑖 and 𝑗 1
𝑜 𝑗 Output of retinal neuron 𝐿 ( 𝑥 , 𝑦 )