Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Formalizing Joint Attention in Cooperative Interaction with a Virtual Human

  • Conference paper
KI 2009: Advances in Artificial Intelligence (KI 2009)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNAI,volume 5803))

Included in the following conference series:

Abstract

Crucial for action coordination of cooperating agents, joint attention concerns the alignment of attention to a target as a consequence of attending to each other’s attentional states. We describe a formal model which specifies the conditions and cognitive processes leading to the establishment of joint attention. This model provides a theoretical framework for cooperative interaction with a virtual human and is specified in an extended belief-desire-intention modal logic.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  1. Brinck, I.: The objects of attention. In: Proc. of ESPP 2003, Torino, pp. 1–4 (2003)

    Google Scholar 

  2. Tomasello, M., Carpenter, M., Call, J., Behne, T., Moll, H.: Understanding and sharing intentions: The origins of cultural cognition. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 28, 675–691 (2005)

    Google Scholar 

  3. Deak, G.O., Fasel, I., Movellan, J.: The emergence of shared attention: Using robots to test developmental theories. In: Proc. of the First Intl. Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics, Lund University Cognitive Studies, vol. 85, pp. 95–104 (2001)

    Google Scholar 

  4. Hobson, R.P.: What puts the jointness into joint attention? In: Eilan, N., Hoerl, C., McCormack, T., Roessler, J. (eds.) Joint attention: communication and other minds, pp. 185–204. Oxford University Press, Oxford (2005)

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  5. Doniec, M., Sun, G., Scassellati, B.: Active learning of joint attention. In: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Humanoid Robotics (2006)

    Google Scholar 

  6. Kim, Y., Hill, R.W., Traum, D.R.: Controlling the focus of perceptual attention in embodied conversational agents. In: Proceedings AAMAS, pp. 1097–1098 (2005)

    Google Scholar 

  7. Gu, E., Badler, N.I.: Visual attention and eye gaze during multiparty conversations with distractions. In: Gratch, J., Young, M., Aylett, R.S., Ballin, D., Olivier, P. (eds.) IVA 2006. LNCS (LNAI), vol. 4133, pp. 193–204. Springer, Heidelberg (2006)

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  8. Kaplan, F., Hafner, V.: The challenges of joint attention. Interaction Studies 7(2), 135–169 (2006)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. Pickering, M.J., Garrod, S.: Alignment as the basis for successful communication. Research on Language and Computation 4(2), 203–228 (2006)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. Pfeiffer-Lessmann, N., Wachsmuth, I.: Toward alignment with a virtual human - achieving joint attention. In: Dengel, A.R., Berns, K., Breuel, T.M., Bomarius, F., Roth-Berghofer, T.R. (eds.) KI 2008. LNCS (LNAI), vol. 5243, pp. 292–299. Springer, Heidelberg (2008)

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  11. Pfeiffer, T.: Towards gaze interaction in immersive virtual reality. In: Virtuelle und Erweiterte Realität - Fünfter VR/AR Workshop, pp. 81–92. Shaker Verlag, Aachen (2008)

    Google Scholar 

  12. Oberauer, K.: Access to information in working memory: Exploring the focus of attention. J. of Exp. Psych.: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 28, 411–421 (2002)

    Google Scholar 

  13. Rao, A., Georgeff, M.: Modeling rational behavior within a BDI-architecture. In: Proc. Intl. Conf. on Principles of Knowledge Repr. and Planning, pp. 473–484 (1991)

    Google Scholar 

  14. Lorini, E., Tummolini, L., Herzig, A.: Establishing mutual beliefs by joint attention: towards a formal model of public events. In: Proc. of CogSc 2005 (2005)

    Google Scholar 

  15. Cohen, P., Levesque, H.: Intention is choice with commitment. Artificial Intelligence 42, 213–261 (1990)

    Article  MathSciNet  MATH  Google Scholar 

  16. Bratman, M.: Intention, Plans, and Practical Reason. Havard Univ. Press, Cambridge (1987)

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Artificial Intelligence Group, Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University, Germany

    Nadine Pfeiffer-Leßmann & Ipke Wachsmuth

Authors
  1. Nadine Pfeiffer-Leßmann
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Ipke Wachsmuth
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. GET Lab, University of Paderborn, Pohlweg 47-49, 33098, Paderborn, Germany

    Bärbel Mertsching , Marcus Hund  & Zaheer Aziz ,  & 

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2009 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

About this paper

Cite this paper

Pfeiffer-Leßmann, N., Wachsmuth, I. (2009). Formalizing Joint Attention in Cooperative Interaction with a Virtual Human. In: Mertsching, B., Hund, M., Aziz, Z. (eds) KI 2009: Advances in Artificial Intelligence. KI 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 5803. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04617-9_68

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04617-9_68

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-642-04616-2

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-642-04617-9

  • eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation