Mathematical modeling of short-term memory

Abstract

A study of the proposed mathematical model of the mechanism of operative memory indicates that formation of circulating excitations is accounted for by short-term trace effects of synaptic transmission, well known in neurophysiology (posttetanic potentiation, temporary facilitation, and path formation). These results give added support to the recirculation theory, which maintains that fixation and storage of incoming information occurs via a stream of nervous impulses circulating in closed chains. The circulation of a stream, in turn, leads to stable morphological or chemical alterations in the structure of the synaptic apparatus, which constitutes the basis of long-term memory.