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In this paper principles of neural computing underlying saccadic eye movement control are applied to formulate a mapped neural field model of the spatio-temporal dynamics in the motor map of the superior colliculus. A key feature of this model is the assumption that dynamic error coding in the motor map might be realized without efference copy feedback but only through the nonlinear, spatio-temporal dynamics of neural populations organized in mapped neural fields. The observed activity pattern suggests a particular, space-variant scheme of lateral interconnections within the motor map.
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Schierwagen, A., Werner, H. (1996). Saccade control through the collicular motor map: Two-dimensional neural field model. In: von der Malsburg, C., von Seelen, W., Vorbrüggen, J.C., Sendhoff, B. (eds) Artificial Neural Networks — ICANN 96. ICANN 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1112. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-61510-5_76
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