Short-term memory traces for action bias in human reinforcement learning.

Journal article

Recent experimental and theoretical work on reinforcement learning has shed light on the neural bases of learning from rewards and punishments. One fundamental problem in reinforcement learning is the credit assignment problem, or how to properly assign credit to actions that lead to reward or punishment following a delay. Temporal difference learning solves this problem, but its efficiency can be significantly improved by the addition of eligibility traces (ET). In essence, ETs function as d...

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Authors: Bogacz, R; McClure, S; Li, J; Cohen, J; Montague, P

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Brain research
• Volume: 1153
• Pages: 111-121
• Publication date: 2007-06-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.03.057
• EISSN: 1872-6240
• ISSN: 0006-8993
• Language: English
• Keywords: Humans; Memory, Short-Term; Reinforcement (Psychology); Models, Neurological; Models, Psychological; Bias (Epidemiology)