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Published on: May 18, 2020
Photorefraction Simulates Well the Plasticity of Neural Synaptic Connections
Alessandro Bile1, Hamed Tari1, Riccardo Pepino1
1Department of Fundamental and Applied Sciences for Engineering, Sapienza Università di Roma, Via Scarpa 16, 00161 Roma, Italy.
Abstract:
In recent years, the need for systems capable of achieving the dynamic learning and information storage efficiency of the biological brain has led to the emergence of neuromorphic research. In particular, neuromorphic optics was born with the idea of reproducing the functional and structural properties of the biological brain. In this context, solitonic neuromorphic research has demonstrated the ability to reproduce dynamic and plastic structures capable of learning and storing through conformational changes in the network. In this paper, we demonstrate that solitonic neural networks are capable of mimicking the functional behaviour of biological neural tissue, in terms of synaptic formation procedures and dynamic reinforcement.
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