An oscillator network with a temporary memory function

Some insects exhibit characteristic behaviours for a long moment when they get key stimuli but the neurons which control the behaviours have much shorter time constant than the durations of the behaviours. This time scale gap makes the mechanisms of the neural circuits hard to reveal. In this paper, we propose an oscillator network with a temporary memory function (ONTM) as one of the solutions to this problem. This ONTM has the ability to generate considerably slower transitions than those of the oscillators composing ONTM. We first design the oscillator for the ONTM. Then the performance of the ONTM is verified by analyses and simulations. Finally, we discuss the characteristics of the ONTM.