No learning where to go without first knowing where you're coming from: action discovery is trajectory, not endpoint based.
Intrinsic motivations drive an agent to explore, providing essential data for linking behaviours with novel outcomes and so laying the foundation for future flexible action. We present experiments using a new behavioural task which allows us to interrogate the connection between exploration and acti...
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| author | Martin eThirkettle Martin eThirkettle Tom eWalton Peter eRedgrave Kevin eGurney Tom eStafford |
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| description | Intrinsic motivations drive an agent to explore, providing essential data for linking behaviours with novel outcomes and so laying the foundation for future flexible action. We present experiments using a new behavioural task which allows us to interrogate the connection between exploration and action learning. Human participants used a joystick to search repeatedly for a target location, only receiving feedback on successful discovery. Feedback delay was manipulated, as was the starting position. Experiment 1 employed stable starting positions, so the task could be learnt with respect to a target location or a target trajectory. Participants were able to learn the correct movement under all delay conditions. Experiment 2 used a variable starting location, so the correct movement could only be learnt in terms of target location. Participants displayed little to no learning in this experiment. These results suggest that movements on this scale are stored as trajectories rather than in terms of target location. Overall the experiments demonstrate the potential of this task for uncovering the native representational substrates of action learning. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-166c1870544b4a98b12baacb03ff485b2022-12-22T01:27:24ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782013-09-01410.3389/fpsyg.2013.0063856341No learning where to go without first knowing where you're coming from: action discovery is trajectory, not endpoint based.Martin eThirkettle0Martin eThirkettle1Tom eWalton2Peter eRedgrave3Kevin eGurney4Tom eStafford5The Open UniversityUniversity of SheffieldUniversity of SheffieldUniversity of SheffieldUniversity of SheffieldUniversity of SheffieldIntrinsic motivations drive an agent to explore, providing essential data for linking behaviours with novel outcomes and so laying the foundation for future flexible action. We present experiments using a new behavioural task which allows us to interrogate the connection between exploration and action learning. Human participants used a joystick to search repeatedly for a target location, only receiving feedback on successful discovery. Feedback delay was manipulated, as was the starting position. Experiment 1 employed stable starting positions, so the task could be learnt with respect to a target location or a target trajectory. Participants were able to learn the correct movement under all delay conditions. Experiment 2 used a variable starting location, so the correct movement could only be learnt in terms of target location. Participants displayed little to no learning in this experiment. These results suggest that movements on this scale are stored as trajectories rather than in terms of target location. Overall the experiments demonstrate the potential of this task for uncovering the native representational substrates of action learning.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00638/fullCognitive Sciencemotor learningSpatial learningintrinsic motivationAction outcome learning |
| spellingShingle | Martin eThirkettle Martin eThirkettle Tom eWalton Peter eRedgrave Kevin eGurney Tom eStafford No learning where to go without first knowing where you're coming from: action discovery is trajectory, not endpoint based. Frontiers in Psychology Cognitive Science motor learning Spatial learning intrinsic motivation Action outcome learning |
| title | No learning where to go without first knowing where you're coming from: action discovery is trajectory, not endpoint based. |
| title_full | No learning where to go without first knowing where you're coming from: action discovery is trajectory, not endpoint based. |
| title_fullStr | No learning where to go without first knowing where you're coming from: action discovery is trajectory, not endpoint based. |
| title_full_unstemmed | No learning where to go without first knowing where you're coming from: action discovery is trajectory, not endpoint based. |
| title_short | No learning where to go without first knowing where you're coming from: action discovery is trajectory, not endpoint based. |
| title_sort | no learning where to go without first knowing where you 39 re coming from action discovery is trajectory not endpoint based |
| topic | Cognitive Science motor learning Spatial learning intrinsic motivation Action outcome learning |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00638/full |
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