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The ability to store continuous variables in the state of a biological system (e.g. a neural network) is critical for many behaviours. Most models for implementing such a memory manifold require hand-crafted symmetries in the interactions or precise fine-tuning of parameters. We present a general principle that we refer to as {it frozen stabilisation}, which allows a family of neural networks to self-organise to a critical state exhibiting memory manifolds without parameter fine-tuning or symmetries. These memory manifolds exhibit a true continuum of memory states and can be used as general purpose integrators for inputs aligned with the manifold. Moreover, frozen stabilisation allows robust memory manifolds in small networks, and this is relevant to debates of implementing continuous attractors with a small number of neurons in light of recent experimental discoveries.
The emergence of syntax during childhood is a remarkable example of how complex correlations unfold in nonlinear ways through development. In particular, rapid transitions seem to occur as children reach the age of two, which seems to separate a two-
Many organisms, from flies to humans, use visual signals to estimate their motion through the world. To explore the motion estimation problem, we have constructed a camera/gyroscope system that allows us to sample, at high temporal resolution, the jo
The structural human connectome (i.e. the network of fiber connections in the brain) can be analyzed at ever finer spatial resolution thanks to advances in neuroimaging. Here we analyze several large data sets for the human brain network made availab
It has recently been discovered that single neuron stimulation can impact network dynamics in immature and adult neuronal circuits. Here we report a novel mechanism which can explain in neuronal circuits, at an early stage of development, the peculia
This chapter is a contribution in the Handbook of Applications of Chaos Theory ed. by Prof. Christos H Skiadas. The chapter is organized as follows. First we study the statistical properties of combs and explain how to reduce the effect of teeth on t