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Action-selection under threat: algorithms and neural circuits for survival
Behaving appropriately under threat is key to survival. In my talk, I will provide a decision-theoretic view on this action selection problem and ask, what are computational algorithms and neural controllers that underlie this behavior. Non-human animal data tentatively suggest a specific architecture that relies on tailored algorithms for specific threat scenarios. To make this plausible in humans, I build on fear-conditioning paradigms, as well as on a translation of approach-avoidance conflict (AAC), a classical rodent anxiety model, to human computer games. I will analyze possible cognitive-computational algorithms for behavioral control and learning in these tasks, and their neural implementation.
Date:
23 October 2018, 13:00
Venue:
Biology South Parks Road, South Parks Road OX1 3RB
Venue Details:
Schlich Lecture Theatre
Speaker:
Professor Dominik Bach (University of Zurich)
Organising department:
Department of Experimental Psychology
Organiser contact email address:
miriam.klein-flugge@psy.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Dr Nils Kolling (University of Oxford )
Part of:
Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive & Behavioural Neuroscience Seminar series (BEACON)
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Janice Young
