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@ARTICLE{Zajzon:1008686,
author = {Zajzon, Barna and Duarte, Renato and Morrison, Abigail},
title = {{T}oward reproducible models of sequence learning:
replication and analysis of a modular spiking network with
reward-based learning},
journal = {Frontiers in integrative neuroscience},
volume = {17},
issn = {1662-5145},
address = {Lausanne},
publisher = {Frontiers Research Foundation},
reportid = {FZJ-2023-02477},
pages = {935177},
year = {2023},
abstract = {To acquire statistical regularities from the world, the
brain must reliably process, and learn from,
spatio-temporally structured information. Although an
increasing number of computational models have attempted to
explain how such sequence learning may be implemented in the
neural hardware, many remain limited in functionality or
lack biophysical plausibility. If we are to harvest the
knowledge within these models and arrive at a deeper
mechanistic understanding of sequential processing in
cortical circuits, it is critical that the models and their
findings are accessible, reproducible, and quantitatively
comparable. Here we illustrate the importance of these
aspects by providing a thorough investigation of a recently
proposed sequence learning model. We re-implement the
modular columnar architecture and reward-based learning rule
in the open-source NEST simulator, and successfully
replicate the main findings of the original study. Building
on these, we perform an in-depth analysis of the model's
robustness to parameter settings and underlying assumptions,
highlighting its strengths and weaknesses. We demonstrate a
limitation of the model consisting in the hard-wiring of the
sequence order in the connectivity patterns, and suggest
possible solutions. Finally, we show that the core
functionality of the model is retained under more
biologically-plausible constraints},
cin = {INM-6 / IAS-6 / INM-10},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-6-20090406 / I:(DE-Juel1)IAS-6-20130828 /
I:(DE-Juel1)INM-10-20170113},
pnm = {5232 - Computational Principles (POF4-523) / neuroIC002 -
Recurrence and stochasticity for neuro-inspired computation
(EXS-SF-neuroIC002) / DFG project 491111487 -
Open-Access-Publikationskosten / 2022 - 2024 /
Forschungszentrum Jülich (OAPKFZJ) (491111487)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5232 / G:(DE-82)EXS-SF-neuroIC002 /
G:(GEPRIS)491111487},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {37396571},
UT = {WOS:001018401100001},
doi = {10.3389/fnint.2023.935177},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1008686},
}