A model of the cerebrum-basal ganglion system is also studied. The Laboratory for Information Synthesis aims at elucidating fundamental principles underlying the brain information processing by using theoretical models and mathematical methods. It is our purpose to establish a new paradigm in computational neuroscience and to give its mathematical foundations. The research makes it possible to construct realistic models of network systems in the brain, and further to design new physiological experiments for verifying the models. We concentrate on systematic and mathematical studies of principles of neurocomputing, aiming at establishing our laboratory as one of the centers of excellence in computational neuroscience.
Information geometry is one of our original methods.
We will then search for close connections with biological researches. Concrete research plans follow. We search for the role of feedforward and feedback connections in multilayered neural systems such as visual systems. It is emphasized to search for temporal encoding of information and dynamical formation of cell assemblies in connection with the binding problem. It is also important to study the universal ability in temporal information processing in layered systems with recurrent connections.