A Multi-Layer Neural-Mass Model for Learning Sequences Using Theta/Gamma Oscillations

A neural mass model for the memorization of sequences is presented. It exploits three layers of cortical columns that generate a theta/gamma rhythm. The first layer implements an auto-associative memory working in the theta range; the second segments objects in the gamma range; finally, the feedback interactions between the third and the second layers realize a hetero-associative memory for learning a sequence. After training with Hebbian and anti-Hebbian rules, the network recovers sequences and accounts for the phase precession phenomenon.