Synaptic Plasticity, Dynamic Neural Networks, and Temporal Pattern Representation

When confronted with a variety of situations, we naturally compare them to our prior experiences, attempt to predict what may happen, and plan our actions and responses accordingly to lead to favorable outcomes. In this way, our past, present, and immediate future acts as the one to influence our actions. Physiologically, it is believed that this contextual information is temporarily stored in the hippocampus as short-term memory and then is consolidated in the association cortex as long-term memory.