td-learning-models-dopamine-neuroscience

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TD learning models dopamine-based learning in neuroscience; dopaminergic projections from substantia nigra to basal ganglia encode prediction error signals

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• IN ml-brain-inspiration-multiple-systems — Several machine learning architectures have documented connections to neuroscience: CNNs trace inspiration to Hubel and Wiesel's discovery of receptive fields in visual cortex, Hopfield networks established a link between recurrent neural networks and statistical mechanics (via the spin glass model rather than directly modeling neural assembly dynamics), and TD learning models dopamine-based prediction error signals in the basal ganglia.