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abstract: 'We present in this paper a biologically inspired model of the Basal Ganglia which deals with Block Copying as a sequence learning task. By breaking a relatively complex task into simpler operations with well-defined skills, an approach which is termed as a skill-based machine design is used in the device of computational models to complete such tasks. Basal Ganglia are critically involved in sensorimotor control. From the learning aspects, Actor-Critic architectures have been proposed to model the Basal Ganglia and Temporal difference has been proposed as a learning algorithm. The model is implemented and simulation results are presented to show the capability of our model to successfully complete the task.'
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confdates: 'August 4-5, 2003'
conference: 'Third International Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics: Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems'
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    given: Tian
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  - family: Arnold
    given: Michael
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  - family: Sejnowski
    given: Terrence
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  - family: Jabri
    given: Marwan
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date: 2003
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    given: Christopher G.
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  - family: Berthouze
    given: Luc
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  - family: Kozima
    given: Hideki
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  - family: Bullock
    given: Daniel
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  - family: Stojanov
    given: Georgi
    honourific: ''
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  - family: Balkenius
    given: Christian
    honourific: ''
    lineage: ''
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keywords: 'block copying task, basal ganglia model, actor-critic architecture, temporal difference learning'
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publisher: Lund University Cognitive Studies
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title: A biologically inspired computational model of the Block Copying Task
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volume: 101
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