Habituation based synaptic plasticity and organismic learning in a quantum perovskite.

ABSTRACT: A central characteristic of living beings is the ability to learn from and respond to their environment leading to habit formation and decision making. This behavior, known as habituation, is universal among all forms of life with a central nervous system, and is also observed in single-cell organisms that do not possess a brain. Here, we report the discovery of habituation-based plasticity utilizing a perovskite quantum system by dynamical modulation of electron localization. Microscopic mechanisms and pathways that enable this organismic collective charge-lattice interaction are elucidated by first-principles theory, synchrotron investigations, ab initio molecular dynamics simulations, and in situ environmental breathing studies. We implement a learning algorithm inspired by the conducta

SUBMITTER: Zuo F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5556077 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature