Breeding novel solutions in the brain: a model of Darwinian neurodynamics [version 2; referees: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

Background: The fact that surplus connections and neurons are pruned during development is well established. We complement this selectionist picture by a proof-of-principle model of evolutionary search in the brain, that accounts for new variations in theory space. We present a model for Darwinian e...

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Main Authors: András Szilágyi, István Zachar, Anna Fedor, Harold P. de Vladar, Eörs Szathmáry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: F1000 Research Ltd 2017-06-01
Series:F1000Research
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Online Access:https://f1000research.com/articles/5-2416/v2