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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)
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 ...
Games Children with Autism Can Play With Robota, a Humanoid Robotic Doll
(Springer Nature, 2002)
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 ...
A quantitative technique for analysing robot-human interactions
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2002)
This paper proposes a technique for quantitatively describing and analysing robot-human interactions in terms of low-level behavioural criteria (so-called micro-behaviours). In order to demonstrate the usefulness of this ...