?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=A+lesson+from+robotics%3A+Modeling+infants+as+autonomous+agents&rft.creator=Schlesinger%2C+Matthew&rft.subject=Applied+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Machine+Learning&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.description=While+computational+models+are+playing+an+increasingly+important+role+in+developmental+psychology%2C+at+least+one+lesson+from+robotics+is+still+being+learned%3A+modeling+epigenetic+processes+often+requires+simulating+an+embodied%2C+autonomous+organism.+This+paper+first+contrasts+prevailing+models+of+infant+cognition+with+an+agent-based+approach.+A+series+of+infant+studies+by+Baillargeon+(1986%3B+Baillargeon+%26+DeVos%2C+1991)+is+described%2C+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%2C+and+discussing+the+implications+of+this+work+for+infant+cognition+research.&rft.publisher=Lund+University+Cognitive+Studies&rft.contributor=Prince%2C+Christopher+G.&rft.contributor=Demiris%2C+Yiannis&rft.contributor=Marom%2C+Yuval&rft.contributor=Kozima%2C+Hideki&rft.contributor=Balkenius%2C+Christian&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2525%2F1%2FSchlesinger.pdf&rft.identifier=++Schlesinger%2C+Matthew++(2002)+A+lesson+from+robotics%3A+Modeling+infants+as+autonomous+agents.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2525%2F