Researcher in Cognitive Science

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jan.moren@lucs.lu.se
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Lund University Cognitive Science,
Kungshuset, Lundagård,
S-222 22 LUND, Sweden

I am working on classical conditioning models as a basis of motivation and emotion, and for their use in reinforcement learning. Current interest is in trying out real-world implementations of the conditioning model described in my thesis. The hope is that by adding the contraints imposed by "real" data, numerous weaknesses and oversights in the current model will need to be addressed.

A year at CRL

Thanks to JSPS and SSF, I will spend a year at the Social Interaction Group at CRL in Keihanna,
starting in November. This will be an excellent opportunity to work with people with a
different take on behaviour than the one I am taking, and I hope it will be a beneficial year
for me and the lab both.

I have been asked by numerous people to document this year in some way. Thus I have
started an irregular blog here for those who are interested.

Thesis Defense

The thesis Emotion and Learning was successfully defended on the 26:th of September.
The opponent was Dr. Peter Dayan, London College.

Current Project

Cognitive Aspects of Conditioning and Habituation

With Christian Balkenius

Papers

2003

Stenfors, I., Morén, J. and Balkenius, C. (2003). "Behavioral strategies in web interaction:
a view from eye-movement research." In Hyönä, J., Radach, R., Deubel, H. (Eds) The Mind's Eye -
Cognitive and Applied Aspects of Eye Movement Research, Elsevier.

2002

Emotion and Learning - A Computational Model of the Amygdala - Thesis

2000

A Computational Model of Emotional Learning in the Amygdala (with Christian Balkenius)
A Computational Model of Context Processing (with Christian Balkenius)
Reflections on Emotion (with Christian Balkenius)
Emotional Learning: A Computational Model of the Amygdala (with Christian Balkenius)

1999

Dynamics of a Classical Conditioning Model (Autonomous Robots, Vol. 7, 1, with Christian Balenius)

1998

C. Balkenius & J. Morén, A Computational Model of Emotional Conditioning in the Brain, 1998
C. Balkenius & J. Morén, Dynamics of a Classical Conditioning Model, 1998)
J. Morén, "Dynamic Action Sequences in Reinforcement Learning", in Maes, P.(eds.), From
Animals to Animats 5, MIT Press, 1998.
C. Balkenius & J. Morén, Computational Models of Classical Conditioning: A Comparative Study, 1998

1997

Gullberg, M., Morén, J., Stenfors, I., "The verbal transmission of visual information: An
experimental study" , Working Papers 46, pp. 113-131, dept. of Linguistics, Lund University, 1997.

1995

Morén, J., "Hierarchical Chunking Improves Q-Learning", Masters Project,
dept. of Computer Science, Lund University.

Other Information

Masters degree in Computer Science, dept. of Computer Science, Lund univerity, 1995

Participated events

Mini-seminar on Cognitive Science, Center for Theoretical Studies, Prague, 1996.

"From Animals to Animats 4", fourth international conference on simulation of adaptive behavior, Cape Cod, USA, 1996.

"Focal Points: Coordination, Complexity and Communication in Strategic Contexts" , the 17th Arne Ryde Symposium, Trolleholm Castle, Sweden, 1997.

"From Animals to Animats 5", fifth international conference on simulation of adaptive behavior, Zürich, Switzerland, 1998.

"Grounding Emotions in Adaptive Systems", Workshop held in conjunction with SAB98, Zürich, Switzerland, 1998

"ICANN 98", 8th international conference on artificial neural networks, Skövde, Sweden, 1998.
"Cybernetics and Systems 2000", Fifteenth european meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research, Wien, Austria, 2000.
"From Animals to Animats 6", sixth international conference on simulation of adaptive behavior, Paris, France, 2000.