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1. Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function

   Spike Timing Dependent Plasticity Finds the Start of Repeating Patterns in Continuous Spike Trains

   Masquelier, Guyonneau and Thorpe · PLoS ONE · 2008

   The paper shows that spike timing dependent plasticity, previously shown to learn early spike patterns in discrete volleys, also works when input neurons fire continuously at a constant population rate.

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   1. Supported · 71%The paper states that spike timing dependent plasticity can find a repeating spike pattern hidden among equally dense distractor spike trains.“As such, STDP is able to solve a very difficult computational problem: to localize a repeating spatio-temporal spike pattern embedded in equally dense 'distractor' spike trains.”