[Mitworld] Kenji Doya on Computational Models of the Brain

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MIT World Newsletter

Volume 9, Number 7 |  October 9, 2009

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Computational Models of Basal Ganglia Function
May 7, 2009

As a mathematical engineer, Kenji Doya approaches the goal of describing the most intricate 
brain mechanisms from a computational perspective. He constructs models of reinforcement 
learning involving the networked structures of the basal ganglia. His efforts are captured 
and expressed quantitatively as probabilities, regressions, and algorithms.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/707

Speaker:
Kenji Doya
Principal Investigator, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan


Event Host:
McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT

"How different parts of the basal ganglia work for different aspects of reinforcement 
learning…I think that’s a very important question we have to attack in the coming years.
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-Kenji Doya

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