Imitation and mirror neurons: An evolutionary robotics model

Belgian/Netherlands Artificial Intelligence Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 249-256

  Spaak, Eelke ^a   Haselager, Pim F G ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURONS; EMBEDDED AGENTS; EVOLUTIONARY ROBOTICS; LEARNING PARAMETERS; MIRROR NEURONS; MIRROR-NEURON SYSTEM; PRIMARY FUNCTIONS; SELECTIVE PRESSURE; SIMULATION TECHNIQUE;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; NEURONS;

MIRRORS;

EID: 84873852534     PISSN: 15687805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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