How the Brain Creates Predictive Models of the Environment

Tuvilleja, Kaitlyn

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Title

How the Brain Creates Predictive Models of the Environment

Author(s)

Tuvilleja, Kaitlyn

Issue Date

2024

Keyword(s)

• predictive cognitive models
• adaptive behaviors

Date of Ingest

2025-03-23T19:22:54-05:00

Abstract

Researchers, utilizing technologies like fNIRS (functional near-infrared spectroscopy) on 6-month-olds and EEG(electroencephalography) on infants viewing image sequences, can uncover how young brains craft and apply predictive models to react to events. Adult brain learning is also examined through two types: model-free learning (trial and error) and model-based learning (implementing predictive models). By analyzing data from various age groups, researchers can examine how brains craft predictive models of the environment and leverage those findings for future implications. Dissecting the way the brain constructs predictive models of the environment at distinct ages is crucial for developing enhanced educational practices: this paper examines the development of predictive cognitive models from infancy through adulthood using neurological studies, highlighting their implications for enhancing educational strategies and adaptive behaviors.

Publisher

University of Illinois Undergraduate Neuroscience Society

Type of Resource

text

Genre of Resource

article

Language

eng

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Copyright 2024 Kaitlyn Tuvilleja

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