Dear Roman,
Perhaps other experts will have different opinion, but I think you
should either do model comparison to find the right types of
connections or you should use the lateral type which is the most
generic in the sense that it targets all the 3 sub-populations.
Best,
Vladimir
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Roman Rodionov <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Does the order of the description of the FB connection matter in the
> model specification?
>
> The situation: we assume that nodes A and B are reciprocally (FB)
> connected and we want to compare two models depending on where the input C
> acts. It is not clear if A->B is F or B. Therefore, when specifying the
> connections of the models it is not clear how the A->B or B->A should be
> put in the model. According to the generative model the F and B
> connections are different (both in the physiological and consequently
> mathematical models). However one would not care about directionality of
> the A<->B (when it is not in the focus of the study) as it is bidirectional
> and the connections are terminal.
>
> Could someone please help clarifying this moment in model specification.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Roman and Anna
>
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