A computational model of familiarity detection for natural pictures, abstract images, and random patterns: Combination of deep learning and anti-Hebbian training.

Journal: Neural networks : the official journal of the International Neural Network Society
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Abstract

We present a neural network model for familiarity recognition of different types of images in the perirhinal cortex (the FaRe model). The model is designed as a two-stage system. At the first stage, the parameters of an image are extracted by a pretrained deep learning convolutional neural network. At the second stage, a two-layer feed forward neural network with anti-Hebbian learning is used to make the decision about the familiarity of the image. FaRe model simulations demonstrate high capacity of familiarity recognition memory for natural pictures and low capacity for both abstract images and random patterns. These findings are in agreement with psychological experiments.

Authors

  • Yakov Kazanovich
    Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology, The Branch of Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, 142290, Russia. Electronic address: yasha@impb.psn.ru.
  • Roman Borisyuk
    Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology, The Branch of Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, 142290, Russia; School of Computing and Mathematics, Plymouth University, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom. Electronic address: r.borisyuk@plymouth.ac.uk.