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Credit assignment in multiple goal embodied visuomotor behavior.

Constantin A Rothkopf¹, Dana H Ballard

¹Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Frontiers in Psychology

|August 12, 2011

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Embodied cognition highlights the brain-body connection for system-level function. This study shows combining sensorimotor modules benefits learning, contrary to assumptions, with algorithms that correctly allot credit.

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credit assignment learning modules reinforcement reward

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