Title :
Towards linking affordances with mirror/canonical neurons
Author :
Sahin, Erol ; Erdogan, S.T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Eng., Middle East Tech. Univ., Ankara, Turkey
Abstract :
The notion of affordances is often directly linked with studies on mirror and canonical neurons as well as studies that try to relate language. In our previous work, we had developed a formalization for the learning, perception and use of affordances in autonomous robots. In this paper, we will present ideas on how this formalization can be used as a base to link affordances with mirror/canonical neuron studies. Specifically, we will review the studies on mirror and canonical neurons as well as studies on modeling them and relating them to affordances, and will propose how our own affordances formalization can be extended to link affordances with mirror and canonical neurons.
Keywords :
neural nets; affordance formalization; autonomous robots; canonical neurons; mirror neurons; Animals; Cognitive robotics; Computational modeling; Joining processes; Mirrors; Neurons; Neuroscience; Organisms; Psychology; Robots;
Conference_Titel :
Computer and Information Sciences, 2009. ISCIS 2009. 24th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Guzelyurt
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5021-3
DOI :
10.1109/ISCIS.2009.5291813