This code implements the simulations described in the paper:

Selection of cortical dynamics for motor behaviour by the basal ganglia.
Mannella F, Baldassarre G.
Biol Cybern. 2015 Dec;109(6):575-95. doi: 10.1007/s00422-015-0662-6. Epub 2015 Nov 4.
PMID: 26537483 

You have open access to the paper at this link.

The source code compiles three different simulations:

• Simulation 1 (simulation_loop_model_single_shape): a simulation of LOOP_MODEL learning to reproduce three different shapes, described in section 5.1 of the paper, and shown in the supplementary material 1.
• Simulation 2 (simulation_loop_model_multiple_shape): a simulation of LOOP_MODEL learning to generalize three different shapes over different scales or positions, also described in section 5.1 of the paper.
• Simulation 2 (simulation_loop_model_hand): a simulation of LOOP_MODEL learning to select and control three different positions in a 3D 20-DoF hand, described in section 5.2 of the paper and shown in the supplementary material 2.

This software depends on:

• The Armadillo C++ linear algebra library

It also requires

• The modules regex, system, and Filesystem from the Boost C++ Libraries

You finally need the CENSLIB - Computational Embodied Neuroscience Simulation Library to compile simulation 3

• Download the zipped package from here
• run these lines in the shell:

unzip Selection-of-Cortical-Dynamics-for-Motor-Behaviour.zip
cd Selection-of-Cortical-Dynamics-for-Motor-Behaviour
mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. && make -j 8 all