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A Primer on Reinforcement Learning in the Brain: Psychological, Computational, and Neural Perspectives

A Primer on Reinforcement Learning in the Brain: Psychological, Computational, and Neural Perspectives
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Author(s): Elliot A. Ludvig (University of Alberta, Canada), Marc G. Bellemare (University of Alberta, Canada)and Keir G. Pearson (University of Alberta, Canada)
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 34
Source title: Computational Neuroscience for Advancing Artificial Intelligence: Models, Methods and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Eduardo Alonso (City University, UK)and Esther Mondragón (University College London, UK)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-021-1.ch006

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Abstract

In the last 15 years, there has been a flourishing of research into the neural basis of reinforcement learning, drawing together insights and findings from psychology, computer science, and neuroscience. This remarkable confluence of three fields has yielded a growing framework that begins to explain how animals and humans learn to make decisions in real time. Mastering the literature in this sub-field can be quite daunting as this task can require mastery of at least three different disciplines, each with its own jargon, perspectives, and shared background knowledge. In this chapter, the authors attempt to make this fascinating line of research more accessible to researchers in any of the constitutive sub-disciplines. To this end, the authors develop a primer for reinforcement learning in the brain that lays out in plain language many of the key ideas and concepts that underpin research in this area. This primer is embedded in a literature review that aims not to be comprehensive, but rather representative of the types of questions and answers that have arisen in the quest to understand reinforcement learning and its neural substrates. Drawing on the basic findings in this research enterprise, the authors conclude with some speculations about how these developments in computational neuroscience may influence future developments in Artificial Intelligence.

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