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In the previous chapter, we derived an optimized architecture for multistage routing of visual information. In order to be optimal in terms of number of neural elements, this network needs to have a very specific connectivity (cf. Figure 4.1). If we want to argue that such architectures are actually employed by the brain for information routing (which we do!), we must be able to explain how they develop in an animal.
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Wolfrum, P. (2010). Ontogenesis of Switchyards. In: Information Routing, Correspondence Finding, and Object Recognition in the Brain. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 316. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15254-2_5
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