Thank you for your reply, and the excellent video on temporal memory.
I apologize for the mix-up of terms. (I used 'active' where it should have been
predictive, and 'fired' where it should have been active)
[quote="rhyolight, post:2, topic:1951"]
Any cells in a predictive state that fall within a currently active column
become active
[/quote]
Oh, not the entire column becomes active, only the cells that were in a
predictive state.
But the input always makes the entire column become active, because it is
connected to the column and not individual cells in the column, right? That
seems contradictory.
Does the entire column being activated by the input not imply the same
consequences as bursting? An active column is an active column, so active cells
in the column should act the same way unless another mechanism acts on them. I
can see the cell in a predictive state acting differently, but not why the
cells in an unpredicted state would act differently than if the column was
bursting.
To make it logically sound, either a mechanism should prevent cells other than
the predicted one becoming active, or something should prevent other active
cells in the column to instigate a predictive state.
I could be off. Thanks for your patience. :slight_smile:
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