2.1 Matching and Imitation The identification of any form of social learning, imitation,
copying, or mimicry presupposes a notion of correspondence between two autonomous …

Imitation can be viewed as a means of enhancing learning in multiagent environments. It
augments an agent's ability to learn useful behaviors by making intelligent use of the …

Since many years the robotics community is envisioning robot assistants sharing the same
environment with humans. It became obvious that they have to interact with humans and …

Imitation is a powerful mechanism whereby knowledge may be transferred between agents
(both biological and artificial). Key problems on the topic of imitation have emerged in …

This article discusses the concept of joint attention and the different skills underlying its
development. Research in developmental psychology clearly states that the development of …

An important component of language acquisition and cognitive learning is gaze imitation.
Infants as young as one year of age can follow the gaze of an adult to determine the object …

In the imitation research," how much similar two motions are" is an essential problem. This
paper tries to clarify the criterion by which human evaluates the similarity of poses and …

A challenging current research direction is the design of intelligent software systems—
'agents'—that are able to autonomously solve certain tasks within their environment …

This paper presents a first attempt at explaining the relationship between the psychological
and artificial intelligence points of view of learning with a special focus on social learning. A …

Behaviour matching and imitation serve as fundamental mechanisms for social learning, the
development of social skills, and the evolution of cultures. Imitation and observational …