Project

Dynamic learning of control hierarchies in multi-layered environments

Code
01SC9525
Duration
01 October 2025 → 30 September 2028
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Cognitive processes
    • Learning and behaviour
Keywords
Reinforcement Learning Cognitive Control Computational Modelling
 
Project description

Cognitive control relies on context-specific skills that need to be learned. However, how people acquire these functions, and whether different levels of control are learned sequentially or simultaneously, remains unclear. Using new behavioral experiments and computational modeling, this project will investigate how individuals dynamically learn in multi-layered environments where various levels of abstraction are differentially reinforced.