Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Feature-based learning improves adaptability without compromising precision

  • Shiva Farashahi,
  • Katherine Rowe,
  • Zohra Aslami,
  • Daeyeol Lee,
  • Alireza Soltani

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01874-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Learning about a rewarded outcome is complicated by the fact that a choice often incorporates multiple features with differing association with the reward. Here the authors demonstrate that feature-based learning is an efficient and adaptive strategy in dynamically changing environments.