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Peter Dayan

Who

Peter Dayan · Science & Medicine

What

Theoretical neuroscientist of dopamine reward learning; Rumelhart Prize (2012)

When

1965, United Kingdom

Where

United Kingdom · United States · Germany

Biography

Peter Dayan is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Theoretical neuroscientist of dopamine reward learning; Rumelhart Prize (2012)

How & why

Peter Dayan is a British theoretical neuroscientist who, with colleagues, proposed that dopamine signals encode a reward prediction error, linking machine reinforcement learning to brain reward systems; he co-developed the Q-learning framework and co-authored the textbook 'Theoretical Neuroscience'. He received the Rumelhart Prize in 2012 and directs a Max Planck Institute in Tübingen. He is documented as Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Rumelhart Prize

Contributions & Sources

Theoretical neuroscientist of dopamine reward learning; Rumelhart Prize (2012)

2012

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Rumelhart Prize