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Associative Learning of an Unnormalized Successor Representation
1Department of Psychology, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates niels.verosky@gmail.com.
Neural Computation
|May 22, 2024
Summary
Hebbian learning, a form of associative learning, is an unnormalized version of the successor representation. These two models converge when states are equally frequent, offering new insights into temporal association and representation learning.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Science
- Computational Neuroscience
- Machine Learning
Background:
- The successor representation (SR) links temporal associations in models like the temporal context model.
- Prior research indicates the SR's broad applicability across spatial, visual, and abstract relational tasks.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the deeper relationship between the successor representation and purely associative learning.
- To demonstrate that Hebbian temporal associations represent an unnormalized form of the SR.
Main Methods:
- Theoretical analysis comparing Hebbian learning and the successor representation.
- Examination of conditions under which the two representations converge or correlate.
Main Results:
- Hebbian temporal associations are identified as an unnormalized form of the successor representation.
- Convergence occurs when all states are equally frequent.
- High correlation is observed even with non-uniform state distributions.
Conclusions:
- Hebbian learning and the successor representation are fundamentally linked.
- The findings deepen our understanding of temporal association and representation learning in artificial and biological systems.
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