Biology – Quantitative Biology – Cell Behavior
Scientific paper
2008-10-22
Phys. Rev. E 80, 021926 (2009)
Biology
Quantitative Biology
Cell Behavior
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.80.021926
Recently, it was shown that the amoeba-like cell {\it Physarum polycephalum} when exposed to a pattern of periodic environmental changes learns and adapts its behavior in anticipation of the next stimulus to come. Here we show that such behavior can be mapped into the response of a simple electronic circuit consisting of an $LC$ contour and a memory-resistor (a memristor) to a train of voltage pulses that mimic environment changes. We also identify a possible biological origin of the memristive behavior in the cell. These biological memory features are likely to occur in other unicellular as well as multicellular organisms, albeit in different forms. Therefore, the above memristive circuit model, which has learning properties, is useful to better understand the origins of primitive intelligence.
Fontaine Steven La
Pershin Yuriy V.
Ventra Massimiliano Di
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