Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics

July 30-31, 2008
Brighton, UK

Schlesinger, M. Berthouze, L., and Balkenius, C. (2008). Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics: Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems. Lund University Cognitive Studies, 139. Lund: LUCS.

ISSN 1101-8453
ISBN 978-91-977-380-1-9

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Table of Contents

Invited contribution

• How behaviour becomes what it is
  D. Parisi
• The magic of gastrulation: From cells to embryo, from molucles to models and back again
  C. Stern
• Epigenetic inheritance in heredity and evolution: A devolpmental perspective
  E. Jablonka
• Development without roof, without walls, without floor
  S. Oyama

Full papers

• Instrumental conditioning driven by neutral stimuli: A model tested with a simulated robotic rat
  V.G. Fiore, F. Mannella, M. Mirolli, K. Gurney, and G. Baldassarre
• Epigenetic tracking, a method to generate 2D arbitrary shapes by using evolutionary-developmental techniques
  A. Fontana
• A Piagetian model of early sensorimotor development
  F. Guerin and D. McKenzie
• Generalization and transfer in robot control
  S. Hart, S. Sen, and R. Grupen
• Conscientious caretaking for autonomous robots: An arousal-based model of exploratory behaviour
  A. Hiolle and L. Canamero
• Learning to anticipate the movements of intermittently occluded objects
  B. Johansson and C. Balkenius
• Incremental learning and memory consolidation of whole body motion patterns
  D. Kulic and Y. Nakamura
• Musical notation and fine motor skills when playing the soprano recorder: Making a neural network lift a finger
  C. Lange-Küttner and C. Finn
• Coupling of mental concepts to a reactive layer: Incremental approach in system design
  I. Mikhailova, M. Heracles, B. Bolder, and H. Janssen
• Towards the application of reinforcement learning to undirected developmental learning
  J. Mugan and B. Kuipers
• How can we define intrinsic motivation?
  P.Y. Oudeyer and F. Kaplan
• Multilevel anticipative interactions for goal oriented behaviors
  J.C. Quinton and J.C. Buisson
• Heterochrony: It's (all) about time
  M. Schlesinger
• Neuromodulation increases decision speed in dynamic environments
  A. Soltoggio
• Predicting the timing of critical periods in development
  O.E.G. Winks and L. Berthouze