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The origins of narrative: In search of the transactional format of narratives in humans and other social animals
(2002)
This article presents work in progress towards a better understanding of the origins of narrative. Assuming an evolutionary and developmental continuity of mental experiences, we propose a grounding of human narrative ...
The Agent-Based Perspective on Imitation
(MIT Press, 2002)
This chapter presents the agent-based perspective on imitation. In this perspective, imitation is best considered as the behaviour of an autonomous agent in relation to its environment, including other autonomous agents. ...
Socially intelligent agents
(Kluwer, 2002)
A Survey of Socially Interactive Robots: Concepts, Design and Applications
(Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA USA, 2002)
This report reviews “socially interactive robots”: robots for which social human-robot interaction is important. We begin by discussing the context for socially interactive robots, emphasizing the relationship to other ...
Do as I Do: Correspondences across Different Robotic Embodiments
(2002)
Behaviour matching and imitation serve as fundamental mechanisms for social learning, the development of social skills, and the evolution of cultures. Imitation and observational learning as means for acquiring new behaviours ...
The Correspondence Problem
(MIT Press, 2002)
The identification of any form of social learning, imitation, copying or mimicry presupposes a notion of correspondence between two autonomous agents. Judging whether a behaviour has been transmitted socially requires the ...