Critical period plasticity enables credit assignment
Ruth J. Meier, Salomon Z. Muller, Bin Wang, Kamila Mizerska, Sania Jain, Thomas Fothergill, Julia Mercer, Coleman Klapheke, Julia DiSano, Nikola Milicic, Ruohong Wang, Sujatha Narayan, Joe Li, Kurt Weiss, Efrén Álvarez-Salvado, , David Ehrlich
The paper shows how instructive inputs during a critical period shape neural circuits to enable effective credit assignment in learning.
bioRxiv · Jun 29, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience