Statistical mechanics of neocortical interactions: High-resolution path-integral calculation of short-term memory

Abstract

We present high-resolution path-integral calculations of a previously developed model of short-term memory in neocortex. These calculations, made possible with supercomputer resources, supplant similar calculations made by Ingber [Phys. Rev. E 49, 4652 (1994)] and support coarser estimates made by Ingber [Phys. Rev. A 29, 3346 (1984)]. We also present a current experimental context for the relevance of these calculations using the approach of statistical mechanics of neocortical interactions, especially in the context of electroencephalographic data.