Types of artificial neural networksThere are many types of artificial neural networks (ANN). Artificial neural networks are computational models inspired by biological neural networks, and are used to approximate functions that are generally unknown. Particularly, they are inspired by the behaviour of neurons and the electrical signals they convey between input (such as from the eyes or nerve endings in the hand), processing, and output from the brain (such as reacting to light, touch, or heat). The way neurons semantically communicate is an area of ongoing research.
Encoding (memory)Memory has the ability to encode, store and recall information. Memories give an organism the capability to learn and adapt from previous experiences as well as build relationships. Encoding allows a perceived item of use or interest to be converted into a construct that can be stored within the brain and recalled later from long-term memory. Working memory stores information for immediate use or manipulation, which is aided through hooking onto previously archived items already present in the long-term memory of an individual.
Visual memoryVisual memory describes the relationship between perceptual processing and the encoding, storage and retrieval of the resulting neural representations. Visual memory occurs over a broad time range spanning from eye movements to years in order to visually navigate to a previously visited location. Visual memory is a form of memory which preserves some characteristics of our senses pertaining to visual experience. We are able to place in memory visual information which resembles objects, places, animals or people in a mental image.
Faux souvenirsthumb|upright=1.5|Mémoire retrouvée (Recovered Memory), une sculpture de Nicola Hicks sur le thème de la mémoire retrouvée. Un est un phénomène psychologique qui se produit lorsqu'une personne se remémore un événement qui, en fait, n'a pas eu lieu. Les observations ou les hypothèses sur l'existence de faux souvenirs remontent aux débuts de la psychanalyse et de la psychologie clinique ; on les retrouve dans les écrits de Sigmund Freud et Pierre Janet.
Implicit memoryIn psychology, implicit memory is one of the two main types of long-term human memory. It is acquired and used unconsciously, and can affect thoughts and behaviours. One of its most common forms is procedural memory, which allows people to perform certain tasks without conscious awareness of these previous experiences; for example, remembering how to tie one's shoes or ride a bicycle without consciously thinking about those activities.
Réseau de neurones à impulsionsLes réseaux de neurones à impulsions (SNNs : Spiking Neural Networks, en anglais) sont un raffinement des réseaux de neurones artificiels (ANNs : Artificial Neural Networks, en anglais) où l’échange entre neurones repose sur l’intégration des impulsions et la redescente de l’activation, à l’instar des neurones naturels. L’encodage est donc temporel et binaire. Le caractère binaire pose une difficulté de continuité au sens mathématique (cela empêche notamment l’utilisation des techniques de rétropropagation des coefficients - telle que la descente de gradient - utilisées classiquement dans les méthodes d'apprentissage).
Autobiographical memoryAutobiographical memory (AM) is a memory system consisting of episodes recollected from an individual's life, based on a combination of episodic (personal experiences and specific objects, people and events experienced at particular time and place) and semantic (general knowledge and facts about the world) memory. It is thus a type of explicit memory. Conway and Pleydell-Pearce (2000) proposed that autobiographical memory is constructed within a self-memory system (SMS), a conceptual model composed of an autobiographical knowledge base and the working self.
Neurobiologie du sommeilThe neuroscience of sleep is the study of the neuroscientific and physiological basis of the nature of sleep and its functions. Traditionally, sleep has been studied as part of psychology and medicine. The study of sleep from a neuroscience perspective grew to prominence with advances in technology and the proliferation of neuroscience research from the second half of the twentieth century. The importance of sleep is demonstrated by the fact that organisms daily spend hours of their time in sleep, and that sleep deprivation can have disastrous effects ultimately leading to death in animals.
Codage neuronalLe codage neuronal désigne, en neurosciences, la relation hypothétique entre le stimulus et les réponses neuronales individuelles ou globales. C'est une théorie sur l'activité électrique du système nerveux, selon laquelle les informations, par exemple sensorielles, numériques ou analogiques, sont représentées dans le cerveau par des réseaux de neurones. Le codage neuronal est lié aux concepts du souvenir, de l'association et de la mémoire sensorielle.
Plasticité synaptiqueLa plasticité synaptique, en neurosciences, désigne la capacité des synapses à moduler, à la suite d'un événement particulier - une augmentation ou une diminution ponctuelle et significative de leur activité - l'efficacité de la transmission du signal électrique d'un neurone à l'autre et à conserver, à plus ou moins long terme, une "trace" de cette modulation. De manière schématique, l'efficacité de la transmission synaptique, voire la synapse elle-même, est maintenue et modulée par l'usage qui en est fait.