Abstract
This chapter describes computational approaches to a new understanding of the mechanisms of cognitive development. There are two important factors for proper development: inherent mechanisms for infants to bootstrap their development and environmental scaffolding to facilitate development. After describing our key ideas, three case studies in cognitive developmental robotics are presented: a computational model for the emergence of the mirror neuron system, a developmental mechanism for joint attention, and an analysis of the dynamical information flow in infant-caregiver interaction. Lastly, the potential of our models to reveal the mechanisms of developmental disorders are discussed.
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