Synaptic plasticity forms and functions

JC Magee, C Grienberger - Annual review of neuroscience, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Synaptic plasticity, the activity-dependent change in neuronal connection strength, has long
been considered an important component of learning and memory. Computational and …

A framework for mesencephalic dopamine systems based on predictive Hebbian learning

PR Montague, P Dayan, TJ Sejnowski - Journal of neuroscience, 1996 - Soc Neuroscience
We develop a theoretical framework that shows how mesencephalic dopamine systems
could distribute to their targets a signal that represents information about future expectations …

[HTML][HTML] Dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens core signals perceived saliency

MG Kutlu, JE Zachry, PR Melugin, SA Cajigas… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
A large body of work has aimed to define the precise information encoded by dopaminergic
projections innervating the nucleus accumbens (NAc). Prevailing models are based on …

A unified framework for dopamine signals across timescales

HGR Kim, AN Malik, JG Mikhael, P Bech… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Rapid phasic activity of midbrain dopamine neurons is thought to signal reward prediction
errors (RPEs), resembling temporal difference errors used in machine learning. However …

The primacy of behavioral research for understanding the brain.

Y Niv - Behavioral Neuroscience, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
Understanding the brain requires us to answer both what the brain does, and how it does it.
Using a series of examples, I make the case that behavior is often more useful than …

Novelty or surprise?

A Barto, M Mirolli, G Baldassarre - Frontiers in psychology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Novelty and surprise play significant roles in animal behavior and in attempts to understand
the neural mechanisms underlying it. They also play important roles in technology, where …

[图书][B] Reinforcement learning: An introduction

RS Sutton, AG Barto - 2018 - books.google.com
The significantly expanded and updated new edition of a widely used text on reinforcement
learning, one of the most active research areas in artificial intelligence. Reinforcement …

The neural basis of human error processing: reinforcement learning, dopamine, and the error-related negativity.

CB Holroyd, MGH Coles - Psychological review, 2002 - psycnet.apa.org
The authors present a unified account of 2 neural systems concerned with the development
and expression of adaptive behaviors: a mesencephalic dopamine system for reinforcement …

[图书][B] Introduction to the theory of neural computation

JA Hertz - 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY OF NEURAL COMPUTATION Page 1 Page 2
INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY OF NEURAL COMPUTATION Page 3 Page 4 …

Getting formal with dopamine and reward

W Schultz - Neuron, 2002 - cell.com
Recent neurophysiological studies reveal that neurons in certain brain structures carry
specific signals about past and future rewards. Dopamine neurons display a short-latency …