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How the Brain Creates Predictive Models of the Environment

Tuvilleja, Kaitlyn

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/126838

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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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Brain Matters - Vol. 7 No. 1 2024 PRIMARY