Equation of motion and general solution for the one-dimensional complex cell response in the signal-tuned approach

A signal-tuned approach has been recently introduced for modeling stimulus-dependent cortical receptive fields. The approach is based on signal-tuned Gabor functions, which are Gaussian-modulated sinusoids whose parameters are obtained from a "tuning" signal. Given a stimulus to a cell, it is taken as the tuning signal for the Gabor function modeling the cell's receptive field, and the inner product of the stimulus and the stimulus-dependent field produces the cell's response. Here, we derive and solve the equation of motion for the signal-tuned complex cell response r(x,τ), where x and τ are receptive-field parameters: its center, and the delay with which it adapts to a change in input. The motion equation can be mapped onto the Schrödinger equation for a system with time-dependent imaginary mass and time-dependent complex potential, and yields a plane-wave solution and an Airy-packet solution. The plane-wave solution replicates responses previously obtained for temporally modulated and translating signals, and yields responses which seem compatible with apparent-motion effects, when the stimulus is a pair of alternating pulses. The Airy-packet solution can lead to long-range propagating responses.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:109

Enthalten in:

Biological cybernetics - 109(2015), 4-5 vom: 17. Okt., Seite 435-52

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Torreão, José R A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Apparent motion
Complex cells
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Schrödinger equation
Signal-tuned Gabor approach
Visual cortex

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Date Completed 15.06.2016

Date Revised 17.09.2015

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00422-015-0653-7

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM250034557