A Computational Model of Representation Learning in the Brain Cortex, Integrating Unsupervised and Reinforcement Learning

no code implementations • 7 Jun 2021 • Giovanni Granato, Emilio Cartoni, Federico Da Rold, Andrea Mattera, Gianluca Baldassarre

We propose that in the cortex the same reward-based trial-and-error processes might support not only the acquisition of motor representations but also of sensory representations.

reinforcement-learning Reinforcement Learning (RL) +1

A Neurocomputational Account of Flexible Goal-directed Cognition and Consciousness: The Goal-Aligning Representation Internal Manipulation Theory (GARIM)

no code implementations • 31 Dec 2019 • Giovanni Granato, Gianluca Baldassarre

Goal-directed manipulation of representations is a key element of human flexible behaviour, while consciousness is often related to several aspects of higher-order cognition and human flexibility.