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How does the brain generate answers to questions?
The task you're referring to is called the Verbal Fluency Test. In "A Biologically Constrained Model of Semantic Memory Search" by Kajic et al. wherein a neural model of this task is described.
The ...
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Why is the last part (transmit) of the Feynman learning technique optional?
From your source:
If you really want to be sure of your understanding, run it past someone (ideally someone who knows little of the subject). The ultimate test of your knowledge is your capacity to ...
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Why has behaviourism fallen out of favour?
There is a lot of research here so there is a lot to cover. Please bear with me.
There are what is known as 3 forces of psychology
Behavioural Theory (First Force) – (Short & Thomas, 2014, ...
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Question about stimulus-response assocation theories
Your second guess is correct.
In the stimulus–response model, the "stimulus" typically refers to external stimuli. Internal states such as hunger are not part of the model.
As such, Jensen (...
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Does the brain's reward system also work when the reward comes before the experience?
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Operant conditioning through positive reinforcement is always established by applying a stimulus after the behavior. Negative reinforcers can, however, be deployed before the wanted ...
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What is a sensorimotor connection in plain English?
The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines the word sensorimotor to be:
of, relating to, or functioning in both sensory and motor aspects of bodily activity
and the following relating to the tags you ...
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Why is conditioned taste aversion an example of classical conditioning (rather than operant)?
This is an excellent question. The difference between Classical conditioning (also called Pavlovian conditioning) and operant (instrumental) conditioning is subtle for the new student, but can be ...
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Why is conditioned taste aversion an example of classical conditioning (rather than operant)?
The conditioning of aversion to taste is part of learning studies in which there is an association between food and flavors with positive reactions such as food preferences or satiety and negative ...
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Are food rewards a good long term learning strategy?
Food rewards are effective and safe to use in principle. But in practice...?
The non-caveman term for the process of using consequences to modify behavior is operant conditioning, and the specific ...
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Is pleasure synonymous to positive reinforcement?
Before I even start to try answering this question, it should be said that there is no clear and definitive answer. Endless debates are everywhere on the subject of consciousness but nothing has come ...
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Punishment v.s Negative Reinforcement
Operant Conditioning
The general topic you are referring to is called operant conditioning.
Positive/negative refers to whether you are adding something or taking it away.
Reinforcement/punishment ...
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Does intention matter for positive reinforcement?
The short answer is that only the outcome matters:
These terms are defined by their effect on behavior. ... Positive
reinforcement and negative reinforcement increase the probability of a
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punishment vs. negative reinforcement
Actually according to wikipedia source definition of reinforcement of behavioral psychology and operant conditioning, punishment is a subtype of the 4 types of reinforcement:
reinforcement is a ...
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Brain areas active while learning hierarchical structure of a problem
According to "Frontal Cortex and the Discovery of Abstract Action Rules" by David Badre, Andrew S. Kayser, and MarkD'Esposito:
... the rostro-caudal axis of frontal cortex support rule learning at
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How does TD-learning explain trace conditioning?
See my comment above, but it is possible to assume that B acquires the same reward value as the original reward, so B can then be treated as a reward, which in turn brings A closer to the reward event ...
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