Dynamic Plasticity Influences the Emergence of Function in a Simple Cortical Array.

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MRC Cognitive Development Unit, London, UK

Published: October 1996

In computational experiments with a simplified cortical array we investigated the factors that give rise to the functional organization of the cerebral cortex during brain development. We show that a dynamical spatial modulation of plasticity in the substrate (i.e., a "wave of plasticity") induces higher functional development in the later-developing parts of the cortical array. This result suggests an account of the role that changes in developmental timing may have in the development of different cortical structures. Copyri

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