Prefrontal cortex as a meta-reinforcement learning system
Jane X. Wang, Zeb L. Kurth-Nelson, Dharshan Kumaran, Dhruva Tirumala, Hubert Soyer, Joel Z. Leibo, Demis Hassabis, Matthew Botvinick
The paper proposes a new theory of reward-based learning where the prefrontal cortex functions as a meta-reinforcement learning system trained by the dopamine system.
Nature Neuroscience · May 11, 2018Peer-reviewedNeuroscience