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Goal-directed control and its antipodes

Dayan, Peter·2009·Neural Networks

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In instrumental conditioning, there is a rather precise definition of goal-directed control, and therefore an acute boundary between it and the somewhat more amorphous category comprising its opposites. Here, we review this division in terms of the various distinctions that accompany it in the fields of reinforcement learning and cognitive architectures, considering issues such as declarative and procedural control, the effect of prior distributions over environments, the neural substrates involved, and the differing views about the relative rationality of the various forms of control. Our overall aim is to reconnect some presently far-flung relations.

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  • Contemporary associative learning theories assume that action selection depends on the continuous cooperation and competition of several behavioural controllers, divided into Pavlovian and instrumental (goal-directed and habitual).

    “Contemporary associative learning theories assume that action selection depends on the continuous cooperation and competition of several behavioural controllers, which can be divided into “Pavlovian” and “instrumental” (goal-directed and habitual) (Balleine and Dickinson, 1998, Daw et al., 2005, Dayan, 2009).”
  • Habitual instrumental control is characterized by automaticity, computational efficiency, and inflexibility, while goal-directed control is characterized by active deliberation, high computational cost, and adaptive flexibility to changing environmental contingencies.

    “Thus, key characteristics of habitual instrumental control include automaticity, computational efficiency, and inflexibility, while characteristics of goal-directed control include active deliberation, high computational cost, and an adaptive flexibility to changing environmental contingencies (Dayan, 2009).”

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Authors
Dayan, P.
Affiliations
University College London (GB)
Corresponding author
Dayan, Peter
Venue
Neural Networks
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2009-04
Volume
22
Issue
3
Pages
213-219
ISSN
0893-6080 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1967627760
Cited by
93
References
131
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.23
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Neural Networks (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
  • MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Reinforcement Learning in Robotics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › AI-based Problem Solving and Planning
Keywords
goal-directed control, operant conditioning, reinforcement learning, cognitive architecture, procedural control, prior distributions, neural correlates, rationality
MeSH terms
Animals, Basal Ganglia, Brain, Cognition, Goals, Habituation, Psychophysiologic, Humans, Learning, Models, Neurological, Psychomotor Performance, Reinforcement, Psychology, Prefrontal Cortex

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