[Seminar] Memory System Crosstalk Reshaping the Learning Space

Dear All,

The Neural Computation Unit (Doya Unit) would like to invite you to the following seminar:

Speaker: Edwin Robertson, University of Glasgow

Title: Memory system crosstalk reshaping the learning space

Abstract: Learning is vital to life. It enables us to adapt to new experiences and circumstances, supporting the acquisition and the development of prodigious athletic and musical performance. Such behaviours often combine declarative knowledge with skilled performance. These different types of learning are supported by largely segregated independent circuits within the human brain (facts vs. skill). However, this segregation is not absolute. Interactions between the different memory systems can allow them to constrain one another, potentially enhancing learning. For example, learning a motor skill can enhance subsequent word-list learning.  These sequences have a  common structure that is shared through the formation of a “meta-rule”, which enables a learnt motor sequence to be translated rapidly into an efficiently acquired wordlist. Together, these findings demonstrate how interactions between different memory systems can constrain the learning space of possible solutions, decreasing the distance between naïve and expert performance, to improve learning efficiency.

Zoom URL: https://oist.zoom.us/j/96963564518?pwd=NFWYJoSc9QaBFuWLbEv0qI696S5iwZ.1
Meeting ID: 969 6356 4518
Passcode: 430510

We hope to see many of you at the seminar.

Sincerely,
Neural Computation Unit
Contact: ncus@oist.jp