?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Simulating+Vocal+Imitation+in+Infants%2C+using+a+Growth+Articulatory+Model+and+Speech+Robotics&rft.creator=Serkhane%2C+J&rft.creator=Schwartz%2C+J-L&rft.creator=Bessiere%2C+P&rft.subject=Robotics&rft.description=In+order+to+shed+lights+on+the+cognitive+representations%0Alikely+to+underlie+early+vocal+imitation%2C+we+tried+to+simulate%0AKuhl+and+Meltzoff's+experiment+(1996)%2C+using+Bayesian%0Arobotics+and+a+statistical+model+of+the+vocal+tract+that+had%0Abeen+fitted+to+pre-babblers'+actual+vocalizations.+It+was%0Ashown+that+audition+is+compulsory+to+account+for+infants'%0Aearly+vocal+imitation+performance%2C+inasmuch+as+the%0Asimulation+of+purely+visual+imitation+failed+to+reproduce%0Ainfants'+score+and+pattern+of+imitation.+Further%2C+a+small%0Anumber+of+vocalizations+(less+than+100!)+appeared+to+be%0Aenough+for+a+learning+process+to+provide+scores+at+least+as%0Ahigh+as+those+of+pre-babblers.+Thus%2C+early+vocal+imitation%0Alies+in+the+reach+of+a+baby+robot%2C+with+only+a+few%0Aassumptions+about+learning+and+imitation.&rft.date=2003&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3760%2F1%2FICPhS_0620.pdf&rft.identifier=++Serkhane%2C+J+and+Schwartz%2C+J-L+and+Bessiere%2C+P++(2003)+Simulating+Vocal+Imitation+in+Infants%2C+using+a+Growth+Articulatory+Model+and+Speech+Robotics.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3760%2F