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SUMMARY:Reinforcement\, learning\, and cognitive control - Dr Tom Verguts\
 , Department of Experimental Psychology\, Ghent University\, Belgium
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CONTACT:Louise White
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Cognitive control is the ability to inhibit automati
 c responses in favor of more appropriate ones. It is an important cognitiv
 e function\, and impaired in many clinical profiles\, but remains poorly u
 nderstood. Over the last few years\, building on earlier seminal work (e.g
 .\, Holroyd & Coles\, 2002\, Psychological Review)\, we have developed a t
 heoretical framework to understand cognitive control from the perspective 
 of learning\, in particular connecting cognitive control to Hebbian learni
 ng (Verguts & Notebaert\, 2008\, Psychological Review) and to reinforcemen
 t learning (Silvetti et al.\, 2011\, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience). In 
 this talk\, I will discuss this framework. Further\, I will discuss recent
  empirical studies resulting from it\, including behavioral\, EEG\, and fM
 RI work.\n\nBiography:\n·      Silvetti\, S.\, Suerinck\, R.\, & Verguts\
 , T. (2011). Value and prediction error in medial frontal cortex: integrat
 ing the single-unit and systems levels of analysis. Frontiers in Human Neu
 roscience\, 5\, 75.\n·      Roggeman\, C.\, Santens\, S.\, Fias\, W.\, & 
 Verguts\, T. (2011). Stages of non-symbolic number processing in occipito-
 parietal cortex disentangled by fMRI-adaptation. Journal of Neuroscience\,
  31\, 7168-7173.\n·      Santens\, S.\, Roggeman\, C.\, Fias\, W.\, & Ver
 guts\, T. Number processing pathways in human parietal cortex. Cerebral Co
 rtex\, 20\, 77-88.\n·      Verguts\, T.\, & Notebaert\, W. (2009). Adapta
 tion by binding: a learning account of cognitive control. Trends in Cognit
 ive Sciences\, 13\, 252-257.\n·      Verguts\, T.\, & Notebaert\, W. (200
 8). Hebbian learning of cognitive control: Dealing with specific and nonsp
 ecific adaptation. Psychological Review\, 115\, 518-525. \n\n
LOCATION:Ground Floor Lecture Theatre\, Department of Experimental Psychol
 ogy
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