?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Optimal+control+methods+for+simulating+the+perception+of+causality+in+young+infants&rft.creator=Schlesinger%2C+Matthew&rft.creator=Barto%2C+Andrew&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.subject=Perceptual+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=There+is+a+growing+debate+among+developmental+theorists+concerning+the+perception+of+causality+in+young+infants.+Some+theorists+advocate+a+top-down+view%2C+e.g.%2C+that+infants+reason+about+causal+events+on+the+basis+of+intuitive+physical+principles.++Others+argue+instead+for+a+bottom-up+view+of+infant+causal+knowledge%2C+in+which+causal+perception+emerges+from+a+simple+set+of+associative+learning++rules.+In+order+to+test+the+limits+of+the+bottom-up+view%2C+we+propose+an+optimal+control+model+(OCM)+of+infant+causal+perception.+OCM+is+trained+to+find+an+optimal+pattern++of+eye+movements+for+maintaining+sight+of+a+target+object.+We+first+present+a+series+of+simulations+which+illustrate+OCM's+ability+to+anticipate+the+outcome+of+novel%2C+occluded+causal+events%2C+and+then+compare+OCM's+performance+with+that+of+9-month-old+infants.+The+impications+for+developmental+theory+and+research+are+discussed&rft.date=1999&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2701%2F2%2Fcogsci99.pdf&rft.identifier=++Schlesinger%2C+Matthew+and+Barto%2C+Andrew++(1999)+Optimal+control+methods+for+simulating+the+perception+of+causality+in+young+infants.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2701%2F