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¹Centre for Language Studies,Radboud University Nijmegen,6500 HD Nijmegen,The Netherlands.s.frank@let.ru.nlwww.stefanfrank.info.

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Area of Science:

Computational neuroscience
Machine learning

Background:

Understanding how recurrent neural networks (RNNs) process sequential information is crucial.
Investigating the memory capacity and information decay in untrained RNNs.

Purpose of the Study:

To demonstrate that prior language input is integrated, not lost, in neural networks.
To characterize the information retrieval capabilities of reservoir computing models.

Main Methods:

Utilizing reservoir computing with untrained recurrent neural networks.
Projecting input sequences onto a high-dimensional state space.
Analyzing the retrievability of earlier inputs from the state space projection.

Main Results:

Prior inputs are not lost but integrated into the network's state.
Earlier inputs can be retrieved from the high-dimensional projection.
Input retrieval reliability decreases as more sequential data is processed.

Conclusions:

The bottleneck for information processing in these networks is not immediate loss but a temporal decay.
The principle of "Sooner-is-Better" governs information retention in reservoir computing.
Untrained RNNs exhibit inherent capabilities for processing and retaining sequential data over time.