NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Publication Date
In 20250
Since 20240
Since 2021 (last 5 years)0
Since 2016 (last 10 years)0
Since 2006 (last 20 years)2
Descriptor
Generalization2
Infants2
Child Development1
Experiments1
Human Body1
Knowledge Level1
Language Acquisition1
Perceptual Development1
Robotics1
Visual Perception1
Source
Cognition1
Infant and Child Development1
Author
Fitzpatrick, Paul1
Gerken, LouAnn1
Metta, Giorgio1
Natale, Lorenzo1
Needham, Amy1
Publication Type
Journal Articles2
Reports - Descriptive2
Education Level
Early Childhood Education1
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Shared Challenges in Object Perception for Robots and Infants
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Fitzpatrick, Paul; Needham, Amy; Natale, Lorenzo; Metta, Giorgio – Infant and Child Development, 2008
Robots and humans receive partial, fragmentary hints about the world's state through their respective sensors. These hints--tiny patches of light intensity, frequency components of sound, etc.--are far removed from the world of objects which we feel and perceive so effortlessly around us. The study of infant development and the construction of…
Descriptors: Infants, Robotics, Visual Perception, Perceptual Development
Decisions, Decisions: Infant Language Learning when Multiple Generalizations Are Possible
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Gerken, LouAnn – Cognition, 2006
Two experiments presented infants with artificial language input in which at least two generalizations were logically possible. The results demonstrate that infants made one of the two generalizations tested, the one that was most statistically consistent with the particular subset of the data they received. The experiments shed light on how…
Descriptors: Infants, Language Acquisition, Experiments, Generalization