Scientists have proposed a new AI method in which systems of habitual and goal-directed behaviors learn to help each other. Through computer simulations that mimicked the exploration of a maze, the ...

We make a habit of answering emails during meetings, checking messages while writing reports, and hopping between tabs dozens ...

Imagination may play a much more significant role in how the brain performs context-dependent valuations related to goal-directed behavior than previously believed, according to a study (Castegnetti, ...

The agent, a person or thing that can act or produce an effect, learns to select the optimal action through reinforcement learning using reward signals. It makes predictions about its environment ...