Maximal wrote:
"I have understood that artificial neural networks, used in computer simulations, are not a valid model for biological neural networks."
While this is true for most artificial neural networks, it is certainly not true for all of them. See the work of Freeman for a counter-example:
http://mcb.berkeley.edu/faculty/NEU/freemanw.html
Will Dwinnell
predictor at dwinnell.com
