Towards a neuroscience of active sampling and curiosity
J Gottlieb, PY Oudeyer - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2018 - nature.com
In natural behaviour, animals actively interrogate their environments using endogenously
generated 'question-and-answer'strategies. However, in laboratory settings participants …
generated 'question-and-answer'strategies. However, in laboratory settings participants …
Exploration versus exploitation in space, mind, and society
Search is a ubiquitous property of life. Although diverse domains have worked on search
problems largely in isolation, recent trends across disciplines indicate that the formal …
problems largely in isolation, recent trends across disciplines indicate that the formal …
Education in the digital age: Learning experience in virtual and mixed realities
D Allcoat, T Hatchard, F Azmat… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
In recent years Virtual Reality has been revitalized, having gained and lost popularity
between the 1960s and 1990s, and is now widely used for entertainment purposes …
between the 1960s and 1990s, and is now widely used for entertainment purposes …
Active inference, curiosity and insight
This article offers a formal account of curiosity and insight in terms of active (Bayesian)
inference. It deals with the dual problem of inferring states of the world and learning its …
inference. It deals with the dual problem of inferring states of the world and learning its …
Towards a rational constructivist theory of cognitive development.
F Xu - Psychological review, 2019 - psycnet.apa.org
This article provides a synthesis and overview of a theory of cognitive development, rational
constructivism. The basic tenets of this view are as follows:(a) Initial state: Human infants …
constructivism. The basic tenets of this view are as follows:(a) Initial state: Human infants …
Passive learning of active causal strategies in agents and language models
What can be learned about causality and experimentation from passive data? This question
is salient given recent successes of passively-trained language models in interactive …
is salient given recent successes of passively-trained language models in interactive …
Enhanced memory as a common effect of active learning
Despite widespread consensus among educators that active learning leads to better
outcomes than comparatively passive forms of instruction, it is often unclear why these …
outcomes than comparatively passive forms of instruction, it is often unclear why these …
Learning from other minds: An optimistic critique of reinforcement learning models of social learning
Highlights•RL models have been applied to study the neural underpinnings of social
learning.•Past work has largely found neural correlates of observable, reward-predictive …
learning.•Past work has largely found neural correlates of observable, reward-predictive …
Theoretical perspectives on active sensing
A key component of interacting with the world is how to direct ones' sensors so as to extract
task-relevant information—a process referred to as active sensing. In this review, we present …
task-relevant information—a process referred to as active sensing. In this review, we present …
Asking the right questions about the psychology of human inquiry: Nine open challenges
The ability to act on the world with the goal of gaining information is core to human
adaptability and intelligence. Perhaps the most successful and influential account of such …
adaptability and intelligence. Perhaps the most successful and influential account of such …