Building Goal-Directed Cognitive Graphs
Adithya Gungi, Pradyumna Sepúlveda, Ines F. Aitsahalia, Marta Blanco-Pozo, Kiyohito Iigaya
The paper introduces a reinforcement-learning framework called Sparse Cognitive Graph (SCG) that models goal-directed behavior through dynamic graph reconfiguration, showing it explains diverse behavioral regimes and predicts population activity geometry.
bioRxiv · Mar 5, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience