TY - JOUR
T1 - Brain Mechanisms of Concept Learning
AU - Zeithamova, Dagmar
AU - Mack, Michael L.
AU - Braunlich, Kurt
AU - Davis, Tyler
AU - Seger, Carol A.
AU - van Kesteren, Marlieke T.R.
AU - Wutz, Andreas
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2019 the authors.
Copyright:
This record is sourced from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
PY - 2019/10/16
Y1 - 2019/10/16
N2 - Concept learning, the ability to extract commonalities and highlight distinctions across a set of related experiences to build organized knowledge, is a critical aspect of cognition. Previous reviews have focused on concept learning research as a means for dissociating multiple brain systems. The current review surveys recent work that uses novel analytical approaches, including the combination of computational modeling with neural measures, focused on testing theories of specific computations and representations that contribute to concept learning. We discuss in detail the roles of the hippocampus, ventromedial prefrontal, lateral prefrontal, and lateral parietal cortices, and how their engagement is modulated by the coherence of experiences and the current learning goals. We conclude that the interaction of multiple brain systems relating to learning, memory, attention, perception, and reward support a flexible concept-learning mechanism that adapts to a range of category structures and incorporates motivational states, making concept learning a fruitful research domain for understanding the neural dynamics underlying complex behaviors.
AB - Concept learning, the ability to extract commonalities and highlight distinctions across a set of related experiences to build organized knowledge, is a critical aspect of cognition. Previous reviews have focused on concept learning research as a means for dissociating multiple brain systems. The current review surveys recent work that uses novel analytical approaches, including the combination of computational modeling with neural measures, focused on testing theories of specific computations and representations that contribute to concept learning. We discuss in detail the roles of the hippocampus, ventromedial prefrontal, lateral prefrontal, and lateral parietal cortices, and how their engagement is modulated by the coherence of experiences and the current learning goals. We conclude that the interaction of multiple brain systems relating to learning, memory, attention, perception, and reward support a flexible concept-learning mechanism that adapts to a range of category structures and incorporates motivational states, making concept learning a fruitful research domain for understanding the neural dynamics underlying complex behaviors.
KW - categorization
KW - computational modeling
KW - fMRI
KW - hippocampus
KW - parietal cortex
KW - prefrontal cortex
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85073420201&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1166-19.2019
DO - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1166-19.2019
M3 - Review article
C2 - 31619495
AN - SCOPUS:85073420201
VL - 39
SP - 8259
EP - 8266
JO - Journal of Neuroscience
JF - Journal of Neuroscience
SN - 0270-6474
IS - 42
ER -