ERC Starting Grant · 2023
The brain’s ability to learn is arguably its most exceptional capacity. Learning in biological brains far surpasses machine learning and requires much less training. How does the brain accomplish this? Why is biological learning still better than the most advanced machine learning algorithms to date? According to the standard model of reward-based learning in the brain, a single error signal is broadcast from the dopamine system and used to update the entire network, implementing a simple form of reinforcement learning. However, the standard model fails to predict several recent experimental findings, leaving open the question of how learning is implemented in the brain. In this project, I…
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