Reinforcement regulates timing variability in thalamus

Learning reduces variability but variability can facilitate learning. This paradoxical relationship has made it challenging to tease apart sources of variability that degrade performance from those that improve it. We tackled this question in a context-dependent timing task requiring humans and monk...

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Main Authors: Jing Wang, Eghbal Hosseini, Nicolas Meirhaeghe, Adam Akkad, Mehrdad Jazayeri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2020-12-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/55872