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Neural representation of abstract task structure during generalization

2020-07-21

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Cognitive models in psychology and neuroscience widely assume that the human brain maintains an abstract representation of tasks. This assumption is fundamental to theories explaining how we learn quickly, think creatively, and act flexibly. However, neural evidence for a verifiably generative abstract task representation has been lacking. Here, we report an experimental paradigm that requires forming such a repre...

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Literature Corpus work: 9027a9c6-dfce-52f8-9871-d7bbe2842fd5
DOI: 10.1101/2020.07.21.213009

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