Exploring strategy differences between humans and monkeys with recurrent neural networks.

ABSTRACT: Animal models are used to understand principles of human biology. Within cognitive neuroscience, non-human primates are considered the premier model for studying decision-making behaviors in which direct manipulation experiments are still possible. Some prominent studies have brought to light major discrepancies between monkey and human cognition, highlighting problems with unverified extrapolation from monkey to human. Here, we use a parallel model system-artificial neural networks (ANNs)-to investigate a well-established discrepancy identified between monkeys and humans with a working memory task, in which monkeys appear to use a recency-based strategy while humans use a target-selective strategy. We find that ANNs trained on the same task exhibit a progression of behavior from random be

SUBMITTER: Tsuda B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10695363 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature