A survey of the ontogeny of tool Use: From sensorimotor experience to planning

IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 18-45

  Guerin, Frank ^a   Krüger, Norbert ^b   Kraft, Dirk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Developmental psychology; Developmental robotics; Infant behavior; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

ARTIFICIAL SYSTEMS; DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL ROBOTICS; INFANT BEHAVIOR; TOOL USE;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84879399618     PISSN: 19430604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAMD.2012.2209879     Document Type: Article

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