...Hebbian

In Hebbian learning, connections between two neurons are strengthened when both neurons are active simultaneously.

...cortex.

This section is optional; the rest of the thesis does not rely heavily upon the arguments presented here.

...zones.

The similarity of the model and experimental maps was measured with Fourier transforms, autocorrelation functions, and correlation angle histograms. See Erwin et al. (1995) for a discussion of these methods; see Sirosh and Miikkulainen (1996, 1997); Sirosh (1995) for those measurements for RF-LISSOM. An MPEG animation of the self-organizing process is found in Sirosh et al. (1996).

...rates.

This section may be skipped unless you are interested in the details of the TAE testing setup.