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. 2017 Sep 14;111(5):365–388. doi: 10.1007/s00422-017-0730-1

Table 3.

Glossary of key terms describing the full model in Fig. 8 and in Eqs. 112

Ve(t) Learned value function (expectation) in [0,1] at time step t where eϵ{m,o} and m stands for magnitude valuation of the stimulus, o stands for omission probability valuation of the stimulus. This is visualized in the nodes in the Critic in Fig. 8
θe(t) Gives the parameter (Critic weights) indexed by e that valuate the stimuli at each time step t. These weights are denoted by (1) on Fig. 8
δm(t) Is the prediction error generated by Critic that updates the θm(t) parameters of the magnitude Critic
δo(t) Is the prediction error generated by Critic that updates the θo(t) parameters of the omission Critic
ur(t) Stimulus/response option neural-dynamic variables indexed by rϵ[1,R] where Rϵ{S1,S2,R1,R2}
Rew(t) Reward expectation (right-side blue node Fig. 8) classification of stimulus
Om(t) Omission expectation (left-side blue node Fig. 8) classification of stimulus
xs(t) Meta-parameter that controls the slope and threshold of Rew and Om variables allowing for competition for stimulus classification
Ωkl Connection strength in [0, 1] between pre-synaptic node kϵ{Om,Rew} and post-synaptic node lϵ{R1,R2}. See connections denoted by (2) on Fig. 8