Contributions of the Hippocampus and Episodic Memory to Model-Based Planning

Speaker: Oliver Vikbladh (UCL)

Model-based planning is often viewed as similar to other functions supported by the hippocampus. Yet, limited direct evidence corroborates this notion. I will present data, from human epilepsy patients with hippocampal lesions, which causally implicate the hippocampus in model-based planning, as well as demonstrates a common neural basis of planning and spatial memory. I will also show behavioural and fMRI results, using a novel task which combines multi-step dynamics with single-trial cues to probe the role of episodic memories as a possible mechanism by which the hippocampus supports model-based planning.

Thursday 16^th January 14:00

Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research

Russell Square House, 10-12 Russell Square, second floor