Figure 5

Numerically simulated spatio-temporal dynamics of the heterogeneous neural field (left) and stationary states (right). Here the stationary state V₀(x) is exponentially unstable with the parameters of point (2) in Figure 2. All parameters are identical to Figure 3, however the final field activity at large times V(x, t = 125) (dashed line) is close to the trivial solution V = 0. This jump of activity recalls the presence of the trivial stationary solution V = 0 and hence reflects the multi-stability of the heterogeneous neural field.