The Development of Embodied Cognition: Six Lessons from Babies
Linda Smith, Michael Gasser
Artificial Life 2005 DOI: 10.1162/1064546053278973 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that embodied intelligence requires grounding in physical, social, and linguistic environments, and that developmental psychology offers six lessons for building such agents. |
Abstract
The embodiment hypothesis is the idea that intelligence emerges in the interaction of an agent with an environment and as a result of sensorimotor activity. We offer six lessons for developing embodied intelligent agents suggested by research in developmental psychology. We argue that starting as a baby grounded in a physical, social, and linguistic world is crucial to the development of the flexible and inventive intelligence that characterizes humankind.
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