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ABSTRACT:
The current neuroscientific model of brain function is that of computing input/output transformations. Animals including humans react with a complex combination of innate and learned “responses” to one or a set of external stimuli. However, an increasing number of recent advances in modern behavioral neuroscience and neuroethology reminds us that freely behaving animals treat self-generated stimuli differently from other stimuli. The closed operant feedback loop between behavior and environment renders the input/output view one-sided. It has been known for many decades that the other half of the loop, the output/input transformations, is just as important for general brain function. The renewed interest in the biological mechanisms of operant conditioning may indicate the beginning of a paradigm shift towards a more sophisticated view of the main function of brains.
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