Nearly half of our daily activities are performed out of habit, occurring with minimal conscious thought. These automated behavioral patterns, ranging from morning routines to evening scrolling, ...

Scientists have proposed a new AI method in which systems of habitual and goal-directed behaviors learn to help each other. Through computer simulations that mimicked the exploration of a maze, the ...

A recent study revealed that a long-term value memory maintained in the ventral striatum in the brain is a neural basis of our habitual seeking behavior. Researchers have been investigating how the ...

Guest Post by Emily Ricketts, Ph.D. At some point in time nearly everyone engages in behaviors such as biting their nails, chewing on their cheeks or lips, twirling their hair, and even picking their ...

What if you knew the secret of being a great leader and living a happier life? It’s right in front of you and asking if you would invest the time and effort needed to change. That secret is ...

The agent, a person or thing that can act or produce an effect, learns to select the optimal action through reinforcement learning using reward signals. It makes predictions about its environment ...

Researchers have been investigating how the brain controls habitual seeking behaviors such as addiction. A recent study by Professor Sue-Hyun Lee from the Department of Bio and Brain Engineering ...

At some point in time nearly everyone engages in behaviors such as biting their nails, chewing on their cheeks or lips, twirling their hair, and even picking their nose. Such behaviors, however, may ...