Operant conditioning is B.F. Skinner’s name for instrumental learning: learning by consequences. Not a new idea, of course. Humanity has always known how to teach children and animals by means of ...

A new study from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience brings together two schools of thought on the function of the neurotransmitter dopamine: one saying that dopamine provides a learning signal ...

Brain-machine interfaces (BMI) exploit the adaptability of the brain to modify cortical circuits for the purpose of controlling neuroprosthetic devices 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9. BMIs that explicitly use ...

A new University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka-led study has put its own spin on Pavlov's dog experiment, shining a light on ...

Our past experience is one of the primary sources of information when faced with a choice. We ask ourselves: "what will happen if I do this?"Accurately predicting the consequences of our actions is ...