?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=How+does+an+infant+acquire+the+ability+of+joint+attention%3F%3A+A+Constructive+Approach&rft.creator=Nagai%2C+Yukie&rft.creator=Hosoda%2C+Koh&rft.creator=Asada%2C+Minoru&rft.subject=Machine+Learning&rft.subject=Robotics&rft.description=This+study+argues+how+a+human+infant+acquires%0Athe+ability+of+joint+attention+through%0Ainteractions+with+its+caregiver+from+the+viewpoint%0Aof+a+constructive+approach.+This+paper%0Apresents+a+constructive+model+by+which+a%0Arobot+acquires+a+sensorimotor+coordination+for%0Ajoint+attention+based+on+visual+attention+and%0Alearning+with+self-evaluation.+Since+visual+attention%0Adoes+not+always+correspond+to+joint+attention%2C%0Athe+robot+may+have+incorrect+learning%0Asituations+for+joint+attention+as+well+as+correct%0Aones.+However%2C+the+robot+is+expected+to+statistically%0Alose+the+data+of+the+incorrect+ones%0Aas+outliers+through+the+learning%2C+and+consequently%0Aacquires+the+appropriate+sensorimotor%0Acoordination+for+joint+attention+even+if+the%0Aenvironment+is+not+controlled+nor+the+caregiver%0Aprovides+any+task+evaluation.+The+experimental%0Aresults+suggest+that+the+proposed%0Amodel+could+explain+the+developmental+mechanism%0Aof+the+infant%E2%80%99s+joint+attention+because%0Athe+learning+process+of+the+robot%E2%80%99s+joint+attention%0Acan+be+regarded+as+equivalent+to+the%0Adevelopmental+process+of+the+infant%E2%80%99s+one.&rft.publisher=Lund+University+Cognitive+Studies&rft.contributor=Prince%2C+Christopher+G.&rft.contributor=Berthouze%2C+Luc&rft.contributor=Kozima%2C+Hideki&rft.contributor=Bullock%2C+Daniel&rft.contributor=Stojanov%2C+Georgi&rft.contributor=Balkenius%2C+Christian&rft.date=2003&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3335%2F1%2FNagai.pdf&rft.identifier=++Nagai%2C+Yukie+and+Hosoda%2C+Koh+and+Asada%2C+Minoru++(2003)+How+does+an+infant+acquire+the+ability+of+joint+attention%3F%3A+A+Constructive+Approach.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3335%2F