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Self-organization of color opponent receptive fields and laterally connected orientation maps (2005)
James A. Bednar
,
Judah B. De Paula
, and
Risto Miikkulainen
Long-range lateral connections in the primary visual cortex (V1) are known to link neurons with similar orientation preferences, but it is not yet known how color-selective cells are connected. Using a self-organizing model of V1 with natural color image input, we show that realistic color-selective receptive fields, color maps, and orientation maps develop. Connections between orientation-selective cells match previous experimental results, and the model predicts that color-selective cells will primarily connect to other cells with similar chromatic preferences. These findings suggest that a single self-organizing system may underlie the development of orientation selectivity, color selectivity, and lateral connectivity.
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Neurocomputing
, 65--66:69-76, 2005.
Bibtex:
@Article{bednar:neurocomputing05, title={Self-organization of color opponent receptive fields and laterally connected orientation maps}, author={James A. Bednar and Judah B. De Paula and Risto Miikkulainen}, volume={65--66}, journal={Neurocomputing}, pages={69-76}, url="http://nn.cs.utexas.edu/?neurocomputing05", year={2005} }
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James A. Bednar
Postdoctoral Alumni
jbednar [at] inf ed ac uk
Judah De Paula
Ph.D. Alumni
Risto Miikkulainen
Faculty
risto [at] cs utexas edu
Projects
Trichromatic LISSOM
2005 - 2007
Areas of Interest
Visual Cortex
Computational Neuroscience