Neural basis of compositional control

Nature, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10896-8Behaviour of human participants in a prey-pursuit task reflects dynamic blending of goal-specific control policies, with hippocampus estimating latent states, ante…

Nature, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10896-8

Behaviour of human participants in a prey-pursuit task reflects dynamic blending of goal-specific control policies, with hippocampus estimating latent states, anterior cingulate cortex orchestrating policy switches and orbitofrontal cortex supplying value-based contextualization rather than driving continuous policy updating.