Publications by authors named "Christina Hrovat"
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
December 2013
Article Synopsis
- Different individuals (humans and animals) exhibit varied learning speeds for the same tasks, with traditional models attributing this variability mainly to differences in the learning rate of synaptic updates.
- Research indicates that the initial connectivity between neurons is a significant factor influencing learning speed, especially when connections are updated in a multiplicative way.
- Experiments with mice showed that while all subjects learned an auditory discrimination task, those with pre-trained connections learned faster during a subsequent task reversal, highlighting the value of multiplicative learning rules and initial synaptic weights in understanding biological learning dynamics.
