001045452 001__ 1045452 001045452 005__ 20251015202130.0 001045452 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.48550/ARXIV.2508.12975 001045452 037__ $$aFZJ-2025-03504 001045452 1001_ $$0P:(DE-Juel1)186076$$aOberste-Frielinghaus, Jonas$$b0$$eCorresponding author$$ufzj 001045452 245__ $$aSynchronization and semantization in deep spiking networks 001045452 260__ $$barXiv$$c2025 001045452 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)25$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aPreprint$$bpreprint$$mpreprint$$s1760520087_24587 001045452 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aWORKING_PAPER 001045452 3367_ $$028$$2EndNote$$aElectronic Article 001045452 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$apreprint 001045452 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aARTICLE 001045452 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Working Paper 001045452 520__ $$aRecent studies have shown how spiking networks can learn complex functionality through error-correcting plasticity, but the resulting structures and dynamics remain poorly studied. To elucidate how these models may link to observed dynamics in vivo and thus how they may ultimately explain cortical computation, we need a better understanding of their emerging patterns. We train a multi-layer spiking network, as a conceptual analog of the bottom-up visual hierarchy, for visual input classification using spike-time encoding. After learning, we observe the development of distinct spatio-temporal activity patterns. While input patterns are synchronous by construction, activity in early layers first spreads out over time, followed by re-convergence into sharp pulses as classes are gradually extracted. The emergence of synchronicity is accompanied by the formation of increasingly distinct pathways, reflecting the gradual semantization of input activity. We thus observe hierarchical networks learning spike latency codes to naturally acquire activity patterns characterized by synchronicity and separability, with pronounced excitatory pathways ascending through the layers. 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