Before revision:  Here, we present a neural network architecture modelled on the  corticothalamic connections and the behaviour of the thalamus: a corticothalamic neural network (CTNN) . The CTNN presented in this paper consists of an auto-encoder connected to a difference engine , which is inspired by the behaviour of the thalamus .
After revision:  Here, we present a neural network architecture modelled on the corticothalamic connections and the behaviour of the thalamus: a corticothalamic neural network (CTNN) , consisting of an auto-encoder connected to a difference engine , which is inspired by the behaviour of the thalamus .