Making predictions in a changing world – inference, uncertainty and learning

To function effectively, brains need to make predictions about their environment based on past experience, i.e. they need to learn about their environment. The algorithms by which learning occurs are of interest to neuroscientists, both in their own right (because they exist in the brain) and as a t...

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Main Author: Jill X O'reilly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2013.00105/full