# Cortical Learning via Prediction

**URL:** https://discourse.numenta.org/t/cortical-learning-via-prediction/1300
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**Created:** [August 27, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/cortical-learning-via-prediction/1300 "2016-08-27T01:31:45Z")
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### Author: ![Sean\_O\_Connor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sean\_O\_Connor](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Sean_O_Connor)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/cortical-learning-via-prediction/1300/1 "2016-08-27T01:31:45Z")

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[http://jmlr.org/proceedings/papers/v40/Papadimitriou15.pdf](http://jmlr.org/proceedings/papers/v40/Papadimitriou15.pdf)

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### Author: ![Sean\_O\_Connor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sean\_O\_Connor](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Sean_O_Connor)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2016, 2:04pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/cortical-learning-via-prediction/1300/2 "2016-08-27T14:04:06Z")

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What is the role of positive feedback in all this? Given the nature of these neuron models you will end up with hysteresis and that has a number of implications.  
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmitt\_trigger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmitt_trigger)