Figure 4

Associative memory in cellular automata. A cellular automaton operating at the transition between order and chaos was setup as described in figure 2 using the program CaSim. Three different stimuli were used. Iterations 1, 14 and 25 are presented in the figure. In the left column the cellular automaton was seeded by setting one unit to the open state at R₁ (Single Event). In the center column two units were seeded at R₁ (Two Events). In the right hand column the cellular automaton was seeded by setting one unit to the open state at R₁ and a separate unit to the open state at R₁₀ (Two Events Temporally Separated). Note that each time series generates a different pattern of channel openings (representations) indicating that the two events in the second and third columns have produced unique memories by associating the events. Also note that the difference in representations produced by the automaton in the second and third columns indicates that the cellular automaton stores temporal information about the events. Therefore it is concluded that a two dimensional ion channel cellular automata is capable of associative memory.