Answers.Body: <p>After doing some research, I found that "boosting" and "inhibition", in the context of HTM, are Numenta's implementation of <a href="http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Homeostatic_Regulation_of_Neuronal_Excitability" rel="nofollow noreferrer">homeostasis</a>.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I've just watched the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSwoNAODrgk" rel="nofollow noreferrer">9th episode of HTM school</a> about the "boosting" and "inhibition" ideas. However, I couldn't find the neuroscience counterpart of these terms and concepts. Since <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchical_temporal_memory" rel="nofollow noreferrer">HTM</a> is a biologically-constrained theory, the "boosting" and "inhibition" concepts must have a neuroscience counterpart. What are they?</p>
  
  <p>The video also discusses <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeostasis" rel="nofollow noreferrer">homeostasis</a> and <a href="http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Homeostatic_Regulation_of_Neuronal_Excitability" rel="nofollow noreferrer">homeostatic regulation of neuronal excitability</a>. Do these concepts have something to do with "boosting" and "inhibition"?</p>
  
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Title: Biological analogy for boosting and inhibition idea in Hierarchical Temporal Memory (HTM)
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ThreadText: # Biological analogy for boosting and inhibition idea in Hierarchical Temporal Memory (HTM)
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-09-18)
  
  I've just watched the [9th episode of HTM school](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSwoNAODrgk) about the "boosting" and "inhibition" ideas. However, I couldn't find the neuroscience counterpart of these terms and concepts. Since [HTM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchical_temporal_memory) is a biologically-constrained theory, the "boosting" and "inhibition" concepts must have a neuroscience counterpart. What are they?
  
  The video also discusses [homeostasis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeostasis) and [homeostatic regulation of neuronal excitability](http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Homeostatic_Regulation_of_Neuronal_Excitability). Do these concepts have something to do with "boosting" and "inhibition"?
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2017-09-21. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
  
  After doing some research, I found that "boosting" and "inhibition", in the context of HTM, are Numenta's implementation of [homeostasis](http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Homeostatic_Regulation_of_Neuronal_Excitability).
  
  
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