?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Emergence+of+imitation+mediated+by+objects&rft.creator=Kozima%2C+Hideki&rft.creator=Nakagawa%2C+Cocoro&rft.creator=Yano%2C+Hiroyuki&rft.subject=Machine+Learning&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Robotics&rft.description=This+paper+describes+our+model+of+the+emergence+of+a+mirror+system+for+imitative+learning.+The+mirror+system+is+an+intermodal+mapping+between+someone's+action+(as+seen)+and+one's+own+action+(to+execute).+It+is+widely+assumed+that+the+mapping+is+a+geometric+transformation+between+bodies+in+the+visual+and+motor+spaces%3B+however%2C+it+is+still+unclear+if+the+mapping+is+innate+or%2C+if+not%2C+how+it+is+acquired.+We+claim+here+that+the+mapping+is+not+a+geometric+transformation+between+bodies+but+a+functional+correspondence+between+someone's+action+on+an+object+for+producing+an+effect+and+one's+own+action+on+the+same+or+similar+object+for+producing+a+similar+effect%2C+which+is+learnable+because+both+tend+to+utilize+the+object's+affordance+in+a+similar+way.&rft.publisher=Lund+University+Cognitive+Studies&rft.contributor=Prince%2C+Christopher+G.&rft.contributor=Demiris%2C+Yiannis&rft.contributor=Marom%2C+Yuval&rft.contributor=Kozima%2C+Hideki&rft.contributor=Balkenius%2C+Christian&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Conference+Poster&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2618%2F2%2FKozima.pdf&rft.identifier=++Kozima%2C+Hideki+and+Nakagawa%2C+Cocoro+and+Yano%2C+Hiroyuki++(2002)+Emergence+of+imitation+mediated+by+objects.++%5BConference+Poster%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2618%2F