Figure 2

Simultaneous Pattern Recognition Test. The different recognition mechanisms are tested on simultaneous patterns. Such patterns are generated by combining multiple leaned patterns together and adding overlapping features. k represents the number of patterns combined simultaneously, below k is the number of compositions possible. 26 single patterns (k=1) and pattern mixes of up to 8 simultaneously (k=2 .. 8) are presented to networks that were trained on the single patterns. The vertical axis indicates the % of combinations where the top k most-active nodes corresponded with the test pattern mix. Only feedback regulation inherently recognizes simultaneous patterns without training on them.