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Nikhil Krishnan¹, Daniel B Poll², Zachary P Kilpatrick³

¹Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA.

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|March 17, 2018

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Working memory (WM) capacity may be a continuous resource, not fixed slots. Neural network models show optimal synaptic strength balances item interactions and noise for WM performance.

Keywords:

Bump attractor Capacity Interface methods Limited resource Working memory

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Computational Neuroscience

Background:

Working memory (WM) is crucial for cognition but has limitations in capacity and duration.
Traditional models propose discrete slots, while recent theories suggest a continuous resource pool.

Purpose of the Study:

To analyze a neural field model of multi-item WM to explain capacity limitations.
To investigate the relationship between neural architecture, synaptic strength, and WM fidelity.

Main Methods:

Analysis of a neural field model representing WM items as bumps in a spatial domain.
Examination of how synaptic strength affects bump interactions and noise susceptibility.

Main Results:

Network synaptic strength influences WM item representation and error accumulation.
An optimal synaptic strength exists, balancing item interference and noise, which shifts with the number of stored items.

Conclusions:

The study provides a circuit-based explanation for WM capacity limitations.
WM capacity is influenced by both neural architecture and the organization of items in feature space.