10:05 Introduction of Kawato Dynamic Brain Project
Project Director Mitsuo Kawato
10:10
"Construction of Control and Decision Systems from Learning Modules in
the Basal Ganglia,
the Cerebellum and the Cerebral Cortex"
speaker: Dr. Kenji Doya / Computational Neurobiology Group
abstract: Experimental data and computational models suggest that
the basal ganglia, the cerebellum, and the cerebral
cortex are specialized structures for reinforcement, supervised, and unsupervised
learning, respectively. Here we
consider how these learning modules can be combined to implement different
control and decision architectures.
Such theoretical models are useful in interpreting the data on differential
activations of brain areas in the course
of learning and also helpful in designing new experimental paradigm.
11:00
"From Motor Control to Human Intelligence"
speaker: Dr. Hiroshi Imamizu / Computational Psychology Group
abstract: Our computational psychology group has investigated human
sensorimotor control and learning based on
computational theories using methods in experimental psychology and functional
neuroimaging. I shall summarize
our research achievements in understanding how the human brain acquires
internal representations of motor
apparatus (e.g., musculoskeletal systems and external tools), and refer
to our recent attempts to find a bridge
between sensorimotor control and human intelligence in the ability to use
tools.
11:50
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