?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Reconciling+Predictive+Coding+and+Biased+Competition+Models+of+Cortical+Function&rft.creator=Spratling%2C+Michael+W&rft.subject=Neural+Modelling&rft.subject=Computational+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Perceptual+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Neural+Nets&rft.description=A+simple+variation+of+the+standard+biased+competition+model+is+shown%2C+via+some+trivial+mathematical+manipulations%2C+to+be+identical+to+predictive+coding.+Specifically%2C+it+is+shown+that+a+particular+implementation+of+the+biased+competition+model%2C+in+which+nodes+compete+via+inhibition+that+targets+the+inputs+to+a+cortical+region%2C+is+mathematically+equivalent+to+the+linear+predictive+coding+model.+This+observation+demonstrates+that+these+two+important+and+influential+rival+theories+of+cortical+function+are+minor+variations+on+the+same+underlying+mathematical+model.&rft.date=2008&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6353%2F1%2Fpc_equals_bc.pdf&rft.identifier=++Spratling%2C+Michael+W++(2008)+Reconciling+Predictive+Coding+and+Biased+Competition+Models+of+Cortical+Function.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6353%2F