Intrinsic motivation, curiosity, and learning: Theory and applications in educational technologies

PY Oudeyer, J Gottlieb, M Lopes - Progress in brain research, 2016 - Elsevier
This chapter studies the bidirectional causal interactions between curiosity and learning and
discusses how understanding these interactions can be leveraged in educational …

Augmentation-related brain plasticity

G Di Pino, A Maravita, L Zollo, E Guglielmelli… - Frontiers in systems …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Today, the anthropomorphism of the tools and the development of neural interfaces require
reconsidering the concept of human-tools interaction in the framework of human …

The effects of task difficulty, novelty and the size of the search space on intrinsically motivated exploration

AF Baranes, PY Oudeyer, J Gottlieb - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Devising efficient strategies for exploration in large open-ended spaces is one of the most
difficult computational problems of intelligent organisms. Because the available rewards are …

GRAIL: A goal-discovering robotic architecture for intrinsically-motivated learning

VG Santucci, G Baldassarre… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present goal-discovering robotic architecture for intrisically-motivated
learning (GRAIL), a four-level architecture that is able to autonomously: 1) discover changes …

Ecological active vision: four bioinspired principles to integrate bottom–up and adaptive top–down attention tested with a simple camera-arm robot

D Ognibene, G Baldassare - IEEE transactions on autonomous …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Vision gives primates a wealth of information useful to manipulate the environment, but at
the same time it can easily overwhelm their computational resources. Active vision is a key …

[HTML][HTML] Motivation, accuracy and positive feedback through experience explain innovative problem solving and its repeatability

AC Cooke, GL Davidson, K Van Oers, JL Quinn - Animal Behaviour, 2021 - Elsevier
Adapting to environmental change is a major challenge faced by animals and the role of
individual behavioural differences in facilitating this process is currently the focus of much …

Making autonomy an instrument: a pragmatist account of contextualized autonomy

E Racine, S Kusch, MA Cascio… - Humanities and Social …, 2021 - nature.com
Across societies, cultures, and political ideologies, autonomy is a deeply valued attribute for
both flourishing individuals and communities. However, it is also the object of different …

What can AI Learn from Human Exploration? Intrinsically-Motivated Humans and Agents in Open-World Exploration

Y Du, E Kosoy, A Dayan, M Rufova… - … -theoretic principles in …, 2023 - openreview.net
What drives exploration? Understanding intrinsic motivation is a long-standing question in
both cognitive science and artificial intelligence (AI); numerous exploration objectives have …

A new research method to test auditory preferences in young listeners: Results from a consonance versus dissonance perception study

N Di Stefano, V Focaroli, A Giuliani… - Psychology of …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
To date, behavioural procedures adopted to assess sound preferences in young children
have evaluated the responses of participants while listening to the stimuli administered by …

Bio-inspired model learning visual goals and attention skills through contingencies and intrinsic motivations

V Sperati, G Baldassarre - IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Animal learning is driven not only by biological needs but also by intrinsic motivations (IMs)
serving the acquisition of knowledge. Computational modeling involving IMs is indicating …