Prediction error drives associative olfactory learning and conditioned behavior in a spiking model of Drosophila larva

AM Jürgensen, P Sakagiannis, M Schleyer, B Gerber… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Predicting positive or negative reinforcement from environmental clues is essential to guide
decision making and goal-directed behavior. In insect brains the mushroom body is a central …

Experience-dependent plasticity modulates ongoing activity in the antennal lobe and enhances odor representations

LM Franco, E Yaksi - Cell Reports, 2021 - cell.com
Ongoing neural activity has been observed across several brain regions and is thought to
reflect the internal state of the brain. Yet, it is important to understand how ongoing neural …

Reward bases: Instantaneous reward revaluation with temporal difference learning

B Millidge, M Walton, R Bogacz - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
An influential theory posits that dopaminergic neurons in the mid-brain implement a model-
free reinforcement learning algorithm based on temporal difference (TD) learning. A …