Nested Neurons
I was asked by Mike Shelley
in the NYU Math Department to
make a simple visualization tool
for the
topology of neuron connections
in the human brain.
The brain has up to eight levels
of neurons.
There are three types of neurons
in each layer and
there are three types of
connections between neurons.
I model the layers as rows,
the types of neurons as columns,
and the three types of connections
as red, green, and blue
arrows, respectively.
Then, just for fun,
I make each node a recursive
structure of the same type as
the entire brain.
Conceivably one could model
a recursive neural net this way.
- Ken Perlin
Instructions:
(i)
Drag between any two circles to create an arrow.
(ii)
Hit the `r', `g', or `b' key, respectively,
to set the arrow color.
(iii)
Click on one of the small boxes to zoom into it.
(iv)
Click off the edge of the box to zoom out again.