“…The coexistence of multiple stable patterns in neural networks is the basis of the mechanism for (associative) content-addressable memory storage and retrieval [8,13,14,20,22] where each stable equilibrium is identified with a static memory, while stable periodic orbits are associated with temporally patterned spike trains [4,8,9]. Periodic patterns exhibited in neural networks have been linked to a variety of rhythms, which are associated with important behavioral and cognitive states in the nervous system, including attention, working memory, associative memory, object recognition, sensory motor integration and perception processing [5,7,15].…”