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Mechanism for Cognitive Development

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Cognitive Neuroscience Robotics A

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This chapter describes computational approaches to a new understanding of the mechanisms of cognitive development. There are two important factors for proper development: inherent mechanisms for infants to bootstrap their development and environmental scaffolding to facilitate development. After describing our key ideas, three case studies in cognitive developmental robotics are presented: a computational model for the emergence of the mirror neuron system, a developmental mechanism for joint attention, and an analysis of the dynamical information flow in infant-caregiver interaction. Lastly, the potential of our models to reveal the mechanisms of developmental disorders are discussed.

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Nagai, Y. (2016). Mechanism for Cognitive Development. In: Kasaki, M., Ishiguro, H., Asada, M., Osaka, M., Fujikado, T. (eds) Cognitive Neuroscience Robotics A. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54595-8_3

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