A lesson from robotics:
Modeling infants as autonomous agents
2003, Adaptive
Behavior, 11, 97-107
Matthew Schlesinger
Southern Illinois University
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Abstract: While computational
models are playing an increasingly important role in developmental
psychology, at least one lesson from robotics is still
being learned: modeling epigenetic processes often requires
simulating an embodied, autonomous organism. This paper
first contrasts prevailing models of infant cognition
with an agent-based approach. A series of infant studies
by Baillargeon (1986; Baillargeon & DeVos, 1991) is
described, and an eye-movement model is then used to simulate
infants' visual activity in this study. I conclude by
describing three behavioral predictions of the eye-movement
model, and discussing the implications of this work for
infant cognition research.
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