Biological Mechanisms for Learning: A Computational Model of Olfactory Learning in the Manduca sexta Moth, with Applications to Neural Nets

1 code implementation • 8 Feb 2018 • Charles B. Delahunt, Jeffrey A. Riffell, J. Nathan Kutz

From a biological perspective, the model provides a valuable tool for examining the role of neuromodulators, like octopamine, in learning, and gives insight into critical interactions between sparsity, Hebbian growth, and stimulation during learning.