A goal-centric outlook on learning
G Molinaro, AGE Collins - Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2023 - cell.com
Goals play a central role in human cognition. However, computational theories of learning
and decision-making often take goals as given. Here, we review key empirical findings …
and decision-making often take goals as given. Here, we review key empirical findings …
Naturalistic reinforcement learning
Humans possess a remarkable ability to make decisions within real-world environments that
are expansive, complex, and multidimensional. Human cognitive computational …
are expansive, complex, and multidimensional. Human cognitive computational …
Quality space computations for consciousness
SM Fleming, N Shea - Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2024 - cell.com
The quality space hypothesis about conscious experience proposes that conscious sensory
states are experienced in relation to other possible sensory states. For instance, the colour …
states are experienced in relation to other possible sensory states. For instance, the colour …
The whole prefrontal cortex is premotor cortex
We propose that the entirety of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) can be seen as fundamentally
premotor in nature. By this, we mean that the PFC consists of an action abstraction hierarchy …
premotor in nature. By this, we mean that the PFC consists of an action abstraction hierarchy …
Goals, usefulness and abstraction in value-based choice
B De Martino, A Cortese - Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2023 - cell.com
Abstract Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, while on the run, purportedly burned two
million dollars in banknotes to keep his daughter warm. A stark reminder that, in life …
million dollars in banknotes to keep his daughter warm. A stark reminder that, in life …
Intrinsic rewards explain context-sensitive valuation in reinforcement learning
G Molinaro, AGE Collins - PLoS Biology, 2023 - journals.plos.org
When observing the outcome of a choice, people are sensitive to the choice's context, such
that the experienced value of an option depends on the alternatives: getting $1 when the …
that the experienced value of an option depends on the alternatives: getting $1 when the …
Sensory perception relies on fitness-maximizing codes
Sensory information encoded by humans and other organisms is generally presumed to be
as accurate as their biological limitations allow. However, perhaps counterintuitively …
as accurate as their biological limitations allow. However, perhaps counterintuitively …
Filling the gaps: Cognitive control as a critical lens for understanding mechanisms of value-based decision-making
While often seeming to investigate rather different problems, research into value-based
decision making and cognitive control have historically offered parallel insights into how …
decision making and cognitive control have historically offered parallel insights into how …
Recentering neuroscience on behavior: The interface between brain and environment is a privileged level of control of neural activity
I Branchi - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite the huge and constant progress in the molecular and cellular neuroscience fields,
our capability to understand brain alterations and treat mental illness is still limited …
our capability to understand brain alterations and treat mental illness is still limited …
Continuously changing memories: a framework for proactive and non-linear consolidation
NM Roüast, M Schönauer - Trends in Neurosciences, 2023 - cell.com
The traditional view of long-term memory is that memory traces mature in a
predetermined'linear'process: their neural substrate shifts from rapidly plastic medial …
predetermined'linear'process: their neural substrate shifts from rapidly plastic medial …