effect of parameters on neural accumulators psych 239 david sutoyo & shyam srinivasan

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Effect of parameters on Neural Accumulators Psych 239 David Sutoyo & Shyam Srinivasan

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Effect of parameters on Neural Accumulators

Psych 239

David Sutoyo & Shyam Srinivasan

Effect of Parameter dt Aim: To study the effect of reducing dt,

does it make a difference?

Why? In reality, the time step is not discretized

So, dt->0 is closer to reality

dt = 10

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414.4444444498.8888889583.3333333667.7777778752.2222222836.6666667921.11111111005.555556

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dt = 5

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dt = 2

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dt = 1

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436.7777778525.5555556614.3333333703.1111111791.8888889880.6666667969.44444441058.222222

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dt = .5

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dt = .25RT Distribution for Correct Responses

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dt = .125

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Activation < 0

• In our model, the activation of neural accumulator can take a negative value

• Biologically, that doesn’t really make sense

• Does it make a difference?

Lat. inhibition = 0.01, no zeroing

Lat. inhibition = 0.01, zeroing

Lat. Inhibition = 0.01

Lat. Inhibition = 0.05, no zeroing

Lat. Inhibition = 0.05, zeroing

Lat. Inhibition = 0.05