diff --git a/agentnet/environment/session_pool.py b/agentnet/environment/session_pool.py
index 094f5f5..0785bb3 100644
--- a/agentnet/environment/session_pool.py
+++ b/agentnet/environment/session_pool.py
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ def __init__(self, observations=1,
             self.observations = [
                 create_shared(
                     "sessions.observations_history." + str(i),
-                    np.zeros((10, 5) + tuple(obs.output_shape[1:]), dtype=get_layer_dtype(obs)))
+                    np.zeros((10, 5) + tuple(obs.output_shape[1:])),
+                    dtype=get_layer_dtype(obs)
+                )
                 for i, obs in enumerate(observations)
                 ]
 
@@ -117,9 +119,8 @@ def __init__(self, observations=1,
             self.preceding_agent_memories = [
                 create_shared(
                     "session.prev_memory." + str(i),
-                    np.zeros((10,) + tuple(mem.output_shape[1:]),
-                             dtype=get_layer_dtype(mem)
-                             )
+                    np.zeros((10,) + tuple(mem.output_shape[1:])),
+                    dtype=get_layer_dtype(mem)
                 )
                 for i, mem in enumerate(agent_memories)
                 ]
diff --git a/agentnet/memory/logical.py b/agentnet/memory/logical.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef91cb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agentnet/memory/logical.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+"""
+A few layers that implement simple switching and counting ops
+"""
+from lasagne.layers import Layer,MergeLayer
+import theano.tensor as T
+from ..utils.layers import get_layer_dtype
+
+
+class CounterLayer(Layer):
+    """A simple counter Layer that increments it's state by 1 each turn and loops each k iterations"""
+    def __init__(self,prev_counter,k=None,name=None):
+        super(CounterLayer,self).__init__(prev_counter,name=name)
+        self.k=k
+    def get_output_for(self,prev_state,**kwargs):
+        return prev_state+1 if self.k is None else (prev_state+1)%self.k
+    @property
+    def output_dtype(self):
+        return 'int32'
+    
+#TODO(jheuristic) try ifelse?
+        
+class SwitchLayer(MergeLayer):
+    """a simple layer that implements an 'if-than-else' logic"""
+    def __init__(self,condition,than_branch,else_branch,name=None):
+        super(SwitchLayer,self).__init__(incomings=[condition,than_branch,else_branch], name=name)
+        
+        assert tuple(than_branch.output_shape) == tuple(else_branch.output_shape)
+        assert get_layer_dtype(than_branch) == get_layer_dtype(else_branch)
+        
+        self.output_dtype = get_layer_dtype(than_branch)
+        
+    def get_output_for(self,inputs,**kwargs):
+        """
+        :param inputs: a tuple of [condition,than,else]
+        """
+        
+        cond, than_branch, else_branch = inputs
+        return T.switch(cond,than_branch,else_branch)
+    
+    def  get_output_shape_for(self,input_shapes):
+        return input_shapes[-1]
+    
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