Benoît Girard

The paper compares curiosity models using experimental results and mathematical formulations to understand how motivation and exploration evolve in uncertain environments.

This paper presents a spiking model of the basal ganglia with dopamine-modulated plasticity that simulates reinforcement learning, discrimination, and neuropsychiatric disorders.

This paper introduces a reinforcement learning agent that adapts to changing environments by detecting change points retrospectively and managing multiple local models.

This study shows that dopaminergic activity in the ventral tegmental area shapes social roles and labor division in mouse triads through competitive and cooperative strategies.

The paper models primate basal ganglia dynamics to show D2 and D5 dopamine receptors in specific nuclei have opposing roles in generating beta-band oscillations in Parkinson's disease.

This study shows that dopamine modulates the exploration-exploitation trade-off in rats by increasing exploration when dopaminergic activity is reduced.