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Building a Bridge between Mirror Neurons and Theory of Embodied Cognition
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SYSNO ASEP 0103284 Document Type C - Proceedings Paper (int. conf.) R&D Document Type Conference Paper Title Building a Bridge between Mirror Neurons and Theory of Embodied Cognition Title Hledání souvislostí mezi zrcadlovými neurony a teorií vtělené kognice Author(s) Wiedermann, Jiří (UIVT-O) RID, SAI, ORCID Source Title SOFSEM 2004: Theory and Practice of Computer Science. - Berlin : Springer, 2004 / Van Emde Boa P. ; Pokorný J. ; Bieliková M. ; Štuller J. - ISSN 0302-9743 - ISBN 3-540-20779-1 Pages s. 361-372 Number of pages 12 s. Action SOFSEM 2004. Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science /30./ Event date 24.01.2004-30.01.2004 VEvent location Měřín Country CZ - Czech Republic Event type WRD Language eng - English Country DE - Germany Keywords embodied cognition ; complete agents ; mirror neurons ; imitation learning ; sensorimotor control Subject RIV BA - General Mathematics R&D Projects GA201/02/1456 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) CEZ AV0Z1030915 - UIVT-O UT WOS 000189212700031 EID SCOPUS 35048899786 DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-24618-3_31 Annotation Mirror neurons (MN) are specialized neurons recently discovered in the brains of primates. In experiments MN showed activity both when a subject performed an action and when it observed the same action performed by self or another (possibly conspecific) subject. We formulate and study possible computational consequences of the hypothesis in which the experimentally observed properties of MN are generalized to other perceptive modalities and the underlying mechanism for coupling sensory and motor information is extended by an associative mechanism serving for completion of cross-modal information composed of perception and motor information. Depending on of what kind of information is completed, the hypothesis opens the door for understanding the mechanisms for sensorimotor coordination, imitation learning, and thinking and is inspiring for the design of such mechanisms in the case of artificial agents. Our results justify the hopes generally related to the discovery of MN. Workplace Institute of Computer Science Contact Tereza Šírová, sirova@cs.cas.cz, Tel.: 266 053 800 Year of Publishing 2005
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