%A Matthew Schlesinger
%T A lesson from robotics: Modeling infants as autonomous agents
%X 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.
%K autonomous agents, computational model, embodiment, processeseye-movement, infant cognition
%P 133-140
%E Christopher G. Prince
%E Yiannis Demiris
%E Yuval Marom
%E Hideki Kozima
%E Christian Balkenius
%V 94
%D 2002
%I Lund University Cognitive Studies
%L cogprints2525

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