Many actions have instrumental aims, in which we move our bodies to achieve a physical
outcome in the environment. However, we also perform actions with epistemic aims, in …

Due to the robust iconic potential of visual representations, gestural, and pantomimic
hypotheses of language origins are well suited to provide solutions to the bootstrapping …

This paper introduces a new and challenging Hidden Intention Discovery (HID) task. Unlike
existing intention recognition tasks, which are based on obvious visual representations to …

Recent studies suggest children's exploratory play is consistent with formal accounts of
rational learning. Here we focus on the tension between this view and a nearly ubiquitous …

Actions that are blatantly inefficient to achieve non-social goals are often used to convey
information about agents' social affiliation, as in the case of rituals. We argue that when …

The human pointing gesture may be viewed from many angles. On a basic description, it is
an intentional movement, often of the hand, by which one person tries to direct another's …

Any behavior humans can perform, they can be performed in an “ostensive” way, that is,
overtly attracting attention and providing evidence of meaning. The communicative principle …

New military technologies in space and cyberspace have led to an interest in cross-domain
deterrence, the threat of one type of attack to deter an attack of a different type. However …

Recent studies suggest children's exploratory play is consistent with formal accounts of
rational learning. Here we focus on the tension between this view and a nearly ubiquitous …

People have a remarkable capacity to infer others' goals and intentions based on how they
behave. Yet, humans are also motivated to ensure that others can infer their mental states …