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An evolutionary perspective on Hebb's reverberatory representations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

David C. Krakauer
Affiliation:
BBSRC NERC Ecology & Behaviour Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PSkrakauer@vax.ox.ac.uk
Alasdair I. Houston
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1UG, United Kingdom.

Abstract

Hebbian mechanisms are justified according to their functional utility in an evolutionary sense. The selective advantage of correlating content-contingent stimuli reflects the putative common cause of temporally or spatially contiguous inputs. The selective consequences of such correlations are discussed by using examples from the evolution of signal form in sexual selection and model-mimic coevolution. We suggest that evolutionary justification might be considered in addition to neurophysiology plansibility when constructing representational models.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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