How to build an intentional android: Infants' imitation of a robot's goal-directed actions

Infancy

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 519-532

  Itakura, Shoji ^a   Ishida, Hiraku ^a   Kanda, Takayuki ^b   Shimada, Yohko ^a   Ishiguro, Hiroshi ^c   Lee, Kang ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ATR Intelligent Robotics Laboratory

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAZE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMITATION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; OBJECT MANIPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROBOTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TODDLER;

EID: 53349122334     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15250000802329503     Document Type: Article

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