Adaptively timed conditioned responses and the cerebellum: a neural network approach

Biol Cybern. 1989;62(1):17-28. doi: 10.1007/BF00217657.

Abstract

Conditioned responses often reflect knowledge about the timing of a US. This knowledge is manifested in the dependence of response topography on the CS-US interval employed in training. A neural network model and set of learning rules capable of simulating temporally adaptive features of conditioned responses is reviewed, and simulations are presented. In addition, we present a neural network implementation of the model which is designed to reconcile empirical studies of long-term synaptic depression in the cerebellum with neurobiological evidence from studies of the classically conditioned nictitating membrane response of the rabbit.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cerebellum / physiology*
  • Computer Simulation*
  • Conditioning, Classical*
  • Models, Neurological*
  • Nerve Net
  • Rabbits
  • Reaction Time / physiology*