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Yannick-André Breton

Concordia University

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Does phasic dopamine release cause policy updates?

Francis Carter, Marie‐Pierre Cossette, Ivan Trujillo‐Pisanty, Vasilios Pallikaras, Yannick-André Breton, Kent L. Conover, Jill Caplan, Pavel Solis, Jacques Voisard, Alexandra Yaksich, Peter Shizgal

This study challenges the idea that phasic dopamine release directly causes policy updates by showing stable work rates in rats despite repeated dopamine stimulation.

European Journal of Neuroscience · Dec 1, 2023Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Forgetful inference in a sophisticated world model

Sanjeevan Ahilan, Rebecca B. Solomon, Yannick-André Breton, Kent L. Conover, Ritwik K. Niyogi, Peter Shizgal, Peter Dayan

The paper studies how rats learn to infer hidden task structures using a Hidden Markov Model, showing improved memory and reduced reliance on misleading recent observations over time.

bioRxiv · Sep 17, 2018 · PreprintNeuroscience