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10703 Deep Reinforcement Learning Reinforcement Learning in Humans - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
10703 Deep Reinforcement Learning Reinforcement Learning in Humans - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
10703 Deep Reinforcement Learning Reinforcement Learning in Humans and Animals Tom Mitchell October 29, 2018 Reading: Barto & Sutton Chapter 15 Tom Mitchell, October 2018 Outline RL in primates RL in humans Error signals and
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- RL in primates
- RL in humans
- Error signals and predictive coding
Outline
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Reward based learning in primates
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Dopamine As Reward Signal
[Schultz et al., Science, 1997]
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Dopamine As Reward Signal
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Reward based learning in humans
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RL Models for Human Learning
[Seymore et al., Nature 2004]
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One Theory of RL in the Brain
- Basal ganglia monitor events, predict future rewards
- When prediction revised upward (downward), causes increase
(decrease) in activity of midbrain dopaminergic neurons, influencing ACC
- This dopamine-based activation
somehow results in revising the reward prediction function. Possibly through direct influence
- n Basal ganglia, and via
prefrontal cortex
from [Nieuwenhuis et al.]
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- Hebbian learning
– fire together wire together
- Spike Timing Dependent Plasticity
(STDP)
– if incoming neuron fires before outgoing then strengthen connection – if incoming neuron fires after outgoing then weaken connection
- Reward modulated STDP
– less understood – in some neurons, appears STDP occurs only if neuromodulator (e.g., dopamine) activity follows firing within time up to 10 sec
Neuron Level Learning Mechanisms
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Summary: Temporal Difference ML Model Predicts Dopaminergic Neuron Acitivity during Learning
- Evidence now of neural reward signals from
– Direct neural recordings in monkeys – fMRI in humans (1 mm spatial resolution) – EEG in humans (1-10 msec temporal resolution)
- Dopaminergic responses encode Temporal Difference error
- Some differences, and efforts to refine the model
– How/where is the value function encoded in the brain? – Study timing (e.g., basal ganglia learns faster than PFC ?) – Role of prior knowledge, rehearsal of experience, multi-task learning?
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Predictive Coding
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[Rao & Ballard, Nature, 1999]
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[Rao & Ballard, 1999]
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