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A great portion of my Ph.D thesis was dedicated to incorporating ideas from the emotional processing mechanisms in humans and other animals into the framework of intrinsically-motivated reinforcement learning (IMRL). Emotions are one of the most basic behavioral phenomena observed in nature, yet they have often been considered as detrimental to rational and sound decision-making. However, as research in psychology, biology, neuroscience and other areas has shown, emotions are a beneficial adaptive mechanism for problem solving, enhancing perception, memory, attention and other cognitive skills. |
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