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A sensorimotor map: modulating lateral interactions for anticipation and planning.

Marc Toussaint1

  • 1School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. mtoussai@inf.ed.ac.uk

Neural Computation
|April 6, 2006
PubMed
Summary

This study introduces a novel sensorimotor map for internal brain models, enabling predictive motor control and planning. This neural representation facilitates goal-directed actions, like maze navigation, by learning stimulus changes.

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Area of Science:

  • Computational Neuroscience
  • Machine Learning
  • Robotics

Background:

  • Nervous systems utilize internal models for predictive motor control, inference, and planning.
  • Classical reinforcement learning lacks internal models; standard sensorimotor models lack proper neural representations for planning.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a novel sensorimotor map as an internal model for neural systems.
  • To enable predictive motor control, imagery, inference, and planning through this internal model.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a sensorimotor map learning state representations coupled to sensor and motor signals.
  • Utilized motor activations to modulate lateral connection strengths, inducing anticipatory shifts on the map.
  • Derived activation dynamics from neural field models and planning from dynamic programming.

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Main Results:

  • The sensorimotor map encodes the change of stimuli based on motor activities.
  • The map's dynamic programming process enables goal-directed motor sequence generation.
  • Demonstrated potential for navigation tasks, such as maze solving.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed sensorimotor map provides a viable neural representation for internal models.
  • This mechanism supports predictive control and planning, advancing computational neuroscience and AI.