Constraints for spatially and temporally precise learning in a neural circuit model of reinforcement learning
Yiheng Wang, Joergen M. R. Kornfeld, Michale S. Fee, Mark S. Goldman
The paper presents a neural circuit model of reinforcement learning in songbirds that demonstrates how temporal and spatial imprecision in dopaminergic signals can be overcome through fast reward prediction updates.
bioRxiv · Jul 22, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience