@misc{cogprints2525, volume = {94}, editor = {Christopher G. Prince and Yiannis Demiris and Yuval Marom and Hideki Kozima and Christian Balkenius}, title = {A lesson from robotics: Modeling infants as autonomous agents}, author = {Matthew Schlesinger}, publisher = {Lund University Cognitive Studies}, year = {2002}, pages = {133--140}, keywords = {autonomous agents, computational model, embodiment, processeseye-movement, infant cognition}, url = {http://cogprints.org/2525/}, 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 eyemovement model, and discussing the implications of this work for infant cognition research.} }