Value and Reward Based Learning in Neurobots

• Main Author: Jeffrey L. Krichmar (auth)
• Other Authors: Florian Rohrbein (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; reward-based learning; basal ganglia; embodied cognition; value system; neurorobotics; action selection; Neuromodulation; reinforcement learning
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Organisms are equipped with value systems that signal the salience of environmental cues to their nervous system, causing a change in the nervous system that results in modification of their behavior. These systems are necessary for an organism to adapt its behavior when an important environmental e...