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SUBMITTER: Mattar MG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6203620 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mattar Marcelo G MG Daw Nathaniel D ND
Nature neuroscience 20181022 11
To make decisions, animals must evaluate candidate choices by accessing memories of relevant experiences. Yet little is known about which experiences are considered or ignored during deliberation, which ultimately governs choice. We propose a normative theory predicting which memories should be accessed at each moment to optimize future decisions. Using nonlocal 'replay' of spatial locations in hippocampus as a window into memory access, we simulate a spatial navigation task in which an agent ac ...[more]