01697nas a2200145   4500008003900000245018800039210006900227260001600296490002100312520111500333100001601448700002501464700002401489856003801513       2010                          d00aA biologically based model for the integration of sensory-motor contingencies in rules and plans: A prefrontal cortex based extension of the Distributed Adaptive Control architecture.0 abiologically based model for the integration of sensorymotor con  cDec 5/ 20100 vArticle in Press3 a<p>
	Intelligence depends on the ability of the brain to acquire and apply rules and representations. At the neuronal level these properties have been shown to critically depend on the prefrontal cortex. Here we present, in the context of the Distributed Adaptive Control architecture (DAC), a biologically based model for flexible control and planning based on key physiological properties of the prefrontal cortex, i.e. reward modulated sustained activity and plasticity of lateral connectivity. We test the model in a series of pertinent tasks, including multiple T-mazes and the Tower of London that are standard experimental tasks to assess flexible control and planning. We show that the model is both able to acquire and express rules that capture the properties of the task and to quickly adapt to changes. Further, we demonstrate that this biomimetic self-contained cognitive architecture generalizes to planning. In addition, we analyze the extended DAC architecture, called DAC 6, as a model that can be applied for the creation of intelligent and psychologically believable synthetic agents.</p>
1 aArmin, Duff1 aSanchez-Fibla, Marti1 aVerschure, Paul MJF  uhttps://www.csnetwork.eu/node/372