Decision-making neural circuits mediating social behaviors : An attractor network model.
We propose a mathematical model of a continuous attractor network that controls social behaviors. The model is examined with bifurcation analysis and computer simulations. The results show that the model exhibits stable steady states and thresholds for steady state transitions corresponding to some experimentally observed behaviors, such as aggression control. The performance of the model and the relation with experimental evidence are discussed.
Department of Mathematics, Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, Cll 25 No. 115-85 Km 2 vía Cali-Jamundí, 760030, Cali, Colombia. jhurtado@uao.edu.co. Department of Physics, Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, Cali, Colombia. Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, 92037, USA.
