Circuit mechanisms of sensorimotor learning

H Makino, EJ Hwang, NG Hedrick, T Komiyama - Neuron, 2016 - cell.com
The relationship between the brain and the environment is flexible, forming the foundation
for our ability to learn. Here we review the current state of our understanding of the …

Visual perceptual learning and models

B Dosher, ZL Lu - Annual review of vision science, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Visual perceptual learning through practice or training can significantly improve
performance on visual tasks. Originally seen as a manifestation of plasticity in the primary …

Cortical layer–specific critical dynamics triggering perception

JH Marshel, YS Kim, TA Machado, S Quirin, B Benson… - Science, 2019 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Perceptual experiences in mammals may arise from patterns of neural
circuit activity in cerebral cortex. For example, primary visual cortex (V1) is causally capable …

Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning

V Mnih, K Kavukcuoglu, D Silver, AA Rusu, J Veness… - nature, 2015 - nature.com
The theory of reinforcement learning provides a normative account, deeply rooted in
psychological and neuroscientific perspectives on animal behaviour, of how agents may …

Mice alternate between discrete strategies during perceptual decision-making

ZC Ashwood, NA Roy, IR Stone… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Classical models of perceptual decision-making assume that subjects use a single,
consistent strategy to form decisions, or that decision-making strategies evolve slowly over …

Trial-history biases in evidence accumulation can give rise to apparent lapses in decision-making

D Gupta, B DePasquale, CD Kopec… - Nature communications, 2024 - nature.com
Trial history biases and lapses are two of the most common suboptimalities observed during
perceptual decision-making. These suboptimalities are routinely assumed to arise from …

[HTML][HTML] Hierarchical prediction errors in midbrain and basal forebrain during sensory learning

S Iglesias, C Mathys, KH Brodersen, L Kasper… - Neuron, 2013 - cell.com
In Bayesian brain theories, hierarchically related prediction errors (PEs) play a central role
for predicting sensory inputs and inferring their underlying causes, eg, the probabilistic …

Inside the brain of an elite athlete: the neural processes that support high achievement in sports

K Yarrow, P Brown, JW Krakauer - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2009 - nature.com
Abstract Events like the World Championships in athletics and the Olympic Games raise the
public profile of competitive sports. They may also leave us wondering what sets the …

Current directions in visual perceptual learning

ZL Lu, BA Dosher - Nature reviews psychology, 2022 - nature.com
The visual expertise of adult humans is jointly determined by evolution, visual development
and visual perceptual learning. Perceptual learning refers to performance improvements in …

[HTML][HTML] Improved probabilistic inference as a general learning mechanism with action video games

CS Green, A Pouget, D Bavelier - Current biology, 2010 - cell.com
Action video game play benefits performance in an array of sensory, perceptual, and
attentional tasks that go well beyond the specifics of game play [1–9]. That a training …