Numerical Cognition Based on Precise Counting with a Single Spiking Neuron.

ABSTRACT: Insects are able to solve basic numerical cognition tasks. We show that estimation of numerosity can be realized and learned by a single spiking neuron with an appropriate synaptic plasticity rule. This model can be efficiently trained to detect arbitrary spatiotemporal spike patterns on a noisy and dynamic background with high precision and low variance. When put to test in a task that requires counting of visual concepts in a static image it required considerably less training epochs than a convolutional neural network to achieve equal performance. When mimicking a behavioral task in free-flying bees that requires numerical cognition, the model reaches a similar success rate in making correct decisions. We propose that using action potentials to represent basic numerical concepts with a

SUBMITTER: Rapp H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7005464 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature