[From Chris Cherpas [2001.05.18.1100 PT)]
I'm assuming everyone here is familiar with the notion
that connections between neurons are "strenghtened"
by "use" and "weakened" by "disuse." Does this notion,
which I think of as Hebbian, have any relation to
reorganization that anyone here could comment upon?
Best regards,
cc
[From Bill Powers (2001.05.18.1441 MDT)]
Chris Cherpas [2001.05.18.1100 PT)]
I'm assuming everyone here is familiar with the notion
that connections between neurons are "strenghtened"
by "use" and "weakened" by "disuse." Does this notion,
which I think of as Hebbian, have any relation to
reorganization that anyone here could comment upon?
If some perceptions are weighted sums of sets of lower perceptual signals,
then learning can't possibly consist only of _increasing_ the weights of
synaptic connections. That could lead only to all neurons firing at the
maximum possible rate no matter what the input was (excluding only zero
input).
Best,
Bill P.