Rapp, Hannes, Nawrot, Martin Paul ORCID: 0000-0003-4133-6419 and Stern, Merav (2020). Numerical Cognition Based on Precise Counting with a Single Spiking Neuron. iScience, 23 (2). CAMBRIDGE: CELL PRESS. ISSN 2589-0042
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Insects are able to solve basic numerical cognition tasks. We show that estimation of numerosity can be realized and learned by a single spiking neuron with an appropriate synaptic plasticity rule. This model can be efficiently trained to detect arbitrary spatiotemporal spike patterns on a noisy and dynamic background with high precision and low variance. When put to test in a task that requires counting of visual concepts in a static image it required considerably less training epochs than a convolutional neural network to achieve equal performance. When mimicking a behavioral task in free-flying bees that requires numerical cognition, the model reaches a similar success rate in making correct decisions. We propose that using action potentials to represent basic numerical concepts with a single spiking neuron is beneficial for organisms with small brains and limited neuronal resources.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||||||
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-344244 | ||||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.isci.2020.100852 | ||||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | iScience | ||||||||||||||||
Volume: | 23 | ||||||||||||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Date: | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | CELL PRESS | ||||||||||||||||
Place of Publication: | CAMBRIDGE | ||||||||||||||||
ISSN: | 2589-0042 | ||||||||||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||||||||||
Faculty: | Unspecified | ||||||||||||||||
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URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/34424 |
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