?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=A+paradigmatic+working+memory+(attractor)+cell+in+it+cortex&rft.creator=Amit%2C+Daniel+J.&rft.creator=Fusi%2C+Stefano&rft.creator=Yakovlev%2C+Volodya&rft.subject=Behavioral+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Computational+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Neural+Modelling&rft.subject=Neurophysiology&rft.description=We+discuss+paradigmatic+properties+of+activity+of+single+cells+comprising+an+attractor+--+a+developed+stable+delay+activity+distribution.+To+demonstrate+these+properties+and+a+methodology+for+measuring+their+values%2C+we+present+a+detailed+account+of+the+spike+activity+recorded+from+one+single+cell+in+infero-temporal+(IT)+cortex+of+a+monkey+performing+a+delayed+match-to-sample+(DMS)+task+of+visual+images.+In+particular%2C+we+discuss+and+exemplify%3A+1.+the+relation+between+spontaneous+activity+and+activity+immediately+preceding+the+first+stimulus+in+each+trial+during+a+series+of+DMS+trials%3B+2.+the+effect+on+the+visual+response+(i.e.+activity+%7B%5Cbf+during%7D+stimulation)+of+stimulus+degradation+(moving+in+the+space+of+IT+afferents)%3B+3.+the+behaviour+of+the+delay+activity+(i.e.+activity+%7B%5Cbf+following%7D+visual+stimulation)+under+stimulus+degradation+(attractor+dynamics%2C+and+the+basin+of+attraction)%3B+and%2C+4.+the+propagation+of+information+between+trials+--+the+vehicle+for+the+formation+of+(contextual)+correlations+by+learning+a+fixed+stimulus+sequence%2C+as+found+in+Miyashita+1988.+In+the+process+of+the+discussion+and+demonstration%2C+we+expose+effective+tools+for+the+identification+and+characterisation+of+attractor+dynamics.&rft.date=1997&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpostscript&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F63%2F2%2Fparmn.ps&rft.identifier=++Amit%2C+Daniel+J.+and+Fusi%2C+Stefano+and+Yakovlev%2C+Volodya++(1997)+A+paradigmatic+working+memory+(attractor)+cell+in+it+cortex.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F63%2F