Brain-like neural dynamics for behavioral control develop through reinforcement learning
Olivier Codol, Nanda H Krishna, Guillaume Lajoie, Matthew G. Perich · COSYNE 2025
During development, neural circuits are shaped continuously as we learn to control our bodies, with the goal of producing neural dynamics that enable the rich repertoire of behaviors we perform with our limbs. However, the nature of the teaching signal underlying this normative learning process remains elusive. Here, we test two well-established and biologically plausible theories---supervised learning (SL) and reinforcement learning (RL)---that could explain how neural circuits develop the capacity for skilled movements. We trained recurrent neural networks to control a biomechanical model of
ePoster · Neuroscience