Using deep reinforcement learning to reveal how the brain encodes abstract state-space representations in high-dimensional environments

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Using deep reinforcement learning to reveal how the brain encodes abstract state-space representations in high-dimensional environments ["We deployed DQN as a model of brain activity and behavior in participants playing three Atari video games during fMRI."]

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To understand how humans make decisions in complex environments, Caltech neuroscientists made people play Atari games and measured brain activity with fMRI. Using a deep Q-network model, they found gameplay representations encoded in the dorsal visual pathway and the posterior parietal cortex.

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