Selection of a desired dynamical behavior
Monday, July 27, 2015 - 09:00
in Psychology & Sociology
Multi-stability, or coexistence of multiple behaviors, is a universal phenomenon found in almost all areas of science in nature, from lasers and chemical reactions to climate or the brain. The phenomenon of multi-stability also contributes to fundamental dynamics of neurons and neural networks related to cell diversification. Multi-stability has been proposed as a basic mechanism for storing associative memory and pattern recognition in the brain. In the case of perception of ambiguous images, different cognitive brain states represent particular objects, which can be selected by the neural network to give some input information depending on prior knowledge.