The ubiquity of model-based reinforcement learning
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The reward prediction error (RPE) theory of dopamine (DA) function has enjoyed great success in the neuroscience of learning and decision-making. This theory is derived from model-free reinforcement learning (RL), in which choices are made simply on the basis of previously realized rewards. Recently, attention has turned to correlates of more flexible, albeit computationally complex, model-based methods in the brain. These methods are distinguished from model-free learning by their evaluation of candidate actions using expected future outcomes according to a world model. Puzzlingly, signatures from these computations seem to be pervasive in the very same regions previously thought to support model-free learning. Here, we review recent behavioral and neural evidence about these two systems, in attempt to reconcile their enigmatic cohabitation in the brain.
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From an RL perspective, stress shifts the balance toward habits over lengthy planning by increasing experienced time pressure.
“From an RL perspective, stress shifts the balance toward habits over lengthy planning by increasing experienced time pressure (Doll et al. 2012).”
From Psychology of Habit. (2016) · cites this paper as Doll et al. 2012
In “From goals and habits...” (page unavailable), the paper says the time cost of model-based evaluation may explain why chronic stress in rats and acute stress in humans shift behavior toward habits. It does not say that stress increases experienced time pressure, and it presents the time-cost explanation as a possibility rather than an established mechanism. (LLM, conf=0.85)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredGiven the profusion of direct and indirect connections between neural circuits underlying goal-directed and habitual behaviors, goals can have a biasing influence on habit formation.
“Given the profusion of direct and indirect connections between neural circuits underlying goal-directed and habitual (model-free) behaviors, goals can have a biasing influence on habit formation (Doll et al. 2012).”
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In “The way forward” (page unavailable), the paper describes a proposal that explicit representations can directly bias a model-free learner, supporting the possibility that goals influence habit learning. It does not establish the claimed profusion of direct and indirect connections between the neural circuits as the reason for that influence. (LLM, conf=0.82)
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- Authors
- Doll, B. B., Simon, D. A., & Daw, N. D.
- Affiliations
- Columbia University (US)
- New York University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Daw, Nathaniel D
- Venue
- Current Opinion in Neurobiology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2012-12
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1075-1081
- ISSN
- 0959-4388 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3513648
- OpenAlex
- W1977114987
- Cited by
- 380
- References
- 64
- Citations by year
- 2026: 13 · 2025: 26 · 2024: 40 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 35 · 2021: 34 · 2020: 33 · 2019: 29 · 2018: 29 · 2017: 17 · 2016: 32 · 2015: 31 · 2014: 21 · 2013: 13
- FWCI
- 1.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Current Opinion in Neurobiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- McKnight Foundation
- McDonnell Foundation
- NIMH (1R01MH087882-01)
- NINDS (1R01NS078784-01)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Reinforcement Learning in Robotics
- Keywords
- model-based reinforcement learning, model-free reinforcement learning, reward prediction error, dopamine, decision-making, world models, neural correlates of learning, computational psychiatry
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Brain, Choice Behavior, Decision Making, Humans, Models, Neurological, Reinforcement, Psychology, Reward
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