Using Aperiodic Reinforcement for Directed
Self-Organization During Development
P Read Montague Peter Dayan Steve Nowlan
Alex Pouget Terry Sejnowski
In NIPS 5, 969-977.
Abstract
We present a local learning rule in which Hebbian learning is
conditional on an incorrect prediction of a reinforcement signal. We
propose a biological interpretation of such a framework and display its
utility through examples in which the reinforcement signal is cast as
the delivery of a neuromodulator to its target. Three examples are
presented which illustrate how this framework can be applied to the
development of the oculomotor system.
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