Adaptive Visual and Auditory Map Alignment in Barn Owl Superior Colliculus and Its Neuromorphic Implementation

Juan (Annie) Huo, Alan Murray

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Abstract

Adaptation is one of the most important phenomena in biology. A young barn owl can adapt to imposed environmental changes, such as artificial visual distortion caused by wearing a prism. This adjustment process has been modeled mathematically and the model replicates the sensory map realignment of barn owl superior colliculus (SC) through axonogenesis and synaptogenesis.
This allows the biological mechanism to be transferred to an artificial computing system and thereby imbue it with a new form of adaptability to the environment. The model is demonstrated in a real-time robot environment. Results of the experiments are compared with and without prism distortion of vision, and show improved adaptability for the robot. However, the computation speed of the embedded system in the robot is slow. A digital and analog mixed signal very-large-scale integration (VLSI) circuit has been fabricated to implement adaptive sensory pathway changes derived from the SC model at higher speed. VLSI experimental results are consistent with simulation results.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1486-1497
Number of pages12
JournalIEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems
Volume23(9)
Publication statusPublished - 2012

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