Emergence of Mirror Neurons in a Model of Gaze Following Export

@article{citeulike:3378841, abstract = {Gaze following is the ability to redirect one's gaze to the location where another agent is looking. We present a computational model of how human infants or other agents may acquire gaze following by learning to predict the locations of interesting sights from the looking behavior of other agents through reinforcement learning. The model accounts for many findings about the development of gaze following in human infants. During learning, the model develops pre-motor representations that exhibit many properties characteristic of mirror neurons, but they are specific to looking behaviors. The existence of such a new class of mirror neurons is the main prediction of our model. The model also offers a parsimonious account of how these and possibly other mirror neurons may acquire their special response properties. In this account, visual representations of other agents' actions become associated with pre-motor neurons that represent the intention to perform corresponding actions. The model also demonstrates how this development may be obstructed in autism spectrum disorder, giving rise to specific physiological and anatomical differences in the mirror system. 10.1177/1059712307078654}, author = {Triesch, Jochen and Jasso, Hector and Deak, Gedeon O.}, citeulike-article-id = {3378841}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://adb.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/15/2/149}, day = {1}, journal = {Adaptive Behavior}, keywords = {compneuroscience, connectionism, mirrorsystem}, month = {June}, number = {2}, pages = {149--165}, posted-at = {2008-10-06 10:10:11}, priority = {2}, title = {Emergence of Mirror Neurons in a Model of Gaze Following}, url = {http://adb.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/15/2/149}, volume = {15}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3378841 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3378841 N2 - Gaze following is the ability to redirect one's gaze to the location where another agent is looking. We present a computational model of how human infants or other agents may acquire gaze following by learning to predict the locations of interesting sights from the looking behavior of other agents through reinforcement learning. The model accounts for many findings about the development of gaze following in human infants. During learning, the model develops pre-motor representations that exhibit many properties characteristic of mirror neurons, but they are specific to looking behaviors. The existence of such a new class of mirror neurons is the main prediction of our model. The model also offers a parsimonious account of how these and possibly other mirror neurons may acquire their special response properties. In this account, visual representations of other agents' actions become associated with pre-motor neurons that represent the intention to perform corresponding actions. The model also demonstrates how this development may be obstructed in autism spectrum disorder, giving rise to specific physiological and anatomical differences in the mirror system. 10.1177/1059712307078654 IS - 2 JF - Adaptive Behavior EP - 165 TI - Emergence of Mirror Neurons in a Model of Gaze Following VL - 15 SP - 149 KW - compneuroscience KW - connectionism KW - mirrorsystem AU - Triesch, Jochen AU - Jasso, Hector AU - Deak, Gedeon PY - 2007/06/01/ UR - http://adb.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/15/2/149 ER -