arXiv:2505.05515q-bio.NCcs.LG2025-05被引 5

用神经科学原理构建智能体推理新框架,揭示其与生物思维的联系。

Nature's Insight: A Novel Framework and Comprehensive Analysis of Agentic Reasoning Through the Lens of Neuroscience

  • 基于神经科学提出四类推理机制:感知、维度、逻辑与交互
  • 系统分析现有方法在理论与计算设计上的优劣与局限
  • 为构建类脑通用智能体提供可落地的路径与新方法

自主AI已从概念走向现实,使智能体不仅能执行任务,还能独立应对复杂问题、适应环境变化并处理不确定性。真正实现自主的关键在于代理推理(agentic reasoning),它使基础模型能够进行符号逻辑、统计关联与大规模模式识别,从而完成信息处理、推断与决策。然而,现有推理方法为何有效、如何运作,仍缺乏清晰解释,尤其与生物推理所依赖的神经机制相比——后者根植于层级认知、多模态整合与动态交互。本文提出一种受神经科学启发的代理推理新框架,基于三个神经科学定义,融合数学与生物学基础,构建从感知到行动的统一模型,涵盖感知、维度、逻辑与交互四类核心推理类型,对应人脑不同功能角色。我们以此框架系统分类并分析现有AI推理方法,评估其理论基础、计算设计与实际限制,并探讨其在物理与虚拟环境中构建更具泛化性、认知对齐智能体的意义。最后,基于该框架,提出未来方向及新型神经启发式推理方法,类似思维链提示。通过连接认知神经科学与AI,本工作为推进智能体推理提供了理论基础与实践路线图。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Autonomous AI is no longer a hard-to-reach concept, it enables the agents to move beyond executing tasks to independently addressing complex problems, adapting to change while handling the uncertainty of the environment. However, what makes the agents truly autonomous? It is agentic reasoning, that is crucial for foundation models to develop symbolic logic, statistical correlations, or large-scale pattern recognition to process information, draw inferences, and make decisions. However, it remains unclear why and how existing agentic reasoning approaches work, in comparison to biological reasoning, which instead is deeply rooted in neural mechanisms involving hierarchical cognition, multimodal integration, and dynamic interactions. In this work, we propose a novel neuroscience-inspired framework for agentic reasoning. Grounded in three neuroscience-based definitions and supported by mathematical and biological foundations, we propose a unified framework modeling reasoning from perception to action, encompassing four core types, perceptual, dimensional, logical, and interactive, inspired by distinct functional roles observed in the human brain. We apply this framework to systematically classify and analyze existing AI reasoning methods, evaluating their theoretical foundations, computational designs, and practical limitations. We also explore its implications for building more generalizable, cognitively aligned agents in physical and virtual environments. Finally, building on our framework, we outline future directions and propose new neural-inspired reasoning methods, analogous to chain-of-thought prompting. By bridging cognitive neuroscience and AI, this work offers a theoretical foundation and practical roadmap for advancing agentic reasoning in intelligent systems. The associated project can be found at: https://github.com/BioRAILab/Awesome-Neuroscience-Agent-Reasoning .

智能体推理神经科学认知建模自主AI

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