Importing the computational neuroscience toolbox into neuro-evolution-application to basal ganglia
Jean-Baptiste Mouret, Stéphane Doncieux, Benoît Girard · 2010
Neuro-evolution and computational neuroscience are two scientific domains that produce surprisingly different artificial neural networks. Inspired by the "toolbox" used by neuroscientists to create their models, this paper argues two main points: (1) neural maps (spatially-organized identical neurons) should be the building blocks to evolve neural networks able to perform cognitive functions and (2) well-identified modules of the brain for which there exists computational neuroscience models provide well-defined benchmarks for neuro-evolution.