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Declan Kutscher

University of Maryland, College ParkORCID 0009-0008-8035-9756Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintOct 27, 2026

Intrinsic Goals for Autonomous Agents: Hierarchical Exploration Captures Future Volitional Action in Drosophila

Declan Kutscher, Reece Keller, Alyn Kirsch…·Aran Nayebi

This study uses intrinsic motivation algorithms to create agents that mimic Drosophila exploration behavior and neural representations of future actions.

DOI 10.64898/2026.10.26.761878

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