TY - GEN ID - cogprints2525 UR - http://cogprints.org/2525/ A1 - Schlesinger, Matthew Y1 - 2002/// N2 - 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. PB - Lund University Cognitive Studies KW - autonomous agents KW - computational model KW - embodiment KW - processeseye-movement KW - infant cognition TI - A lesson from robotics: Modeling infants as autonomous agents SP - 133 AV - public EP - 140 ER -