February 27th, 2007: Dr. Christian Neissner, Investigador Postdoctoral (since Feb-2005) at the Unidad de Fluidos of the Instituto Pluridisciplinar, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, is going to present a seminar entitled: “A neural model of cross-modal association”
We developed a computational model of learning in the Mushroom Body, a region of multimodal integration in the insect brain. Using realistic neural dynamics and a biologically-based learning rule (spike timing dependent plasticity), the model is tested as part of an insect brain inspired architecture within a closed loop behavioral task. Replicating in simulation an experiment carried out on bushcrickets, we show the system can successfully associate visual to auditory cues, so as to maintain a steady heading towards an intermittent sound source.
