A Hybrid Human-Neurorobotics Approach to Primary Intersubjectivity via Active Inference

Interdisciplinary efforts from developmental psychology, phenomenology, and philosophy of mind, have studied the rudiments of social cognition and conceptualized distinct forms of intersubjective communication and interaction at human early life. Interaction theorists consider primary intersubjectiv...

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Published in:Frontiers in Psychology Vol. 11; p. 584869
Main Authors: Ferreira Chame, Hendry, Ahmadi, Ahmadreza, Tani, Jun
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media SA 01.12.2020
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Subjects:
[INFO.INFO-RB]Computer Science [cs]/Robotics [cs.RO]
[SCCO.COMP]Cognitive science/Computer science
[SCCO.PSYC]Cognitive science/Psychology
[SCCO]Cognitive science
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Cognitive science
Computer Science
developmental psychology
free energy principle
human-robot interaction
interaction theory
neurorobotics
Psychology
Robotics
social cognition
human-robot interaction
social cognition
developmental psychology
free energy principle
interaction theory
neurorobotics
educational technology
cognitive rehabilitation
ISSN:1664-1078, 1664-1078
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Summary:Interdisciplinary efforts from developmental psychology, phenomenology, and philosophy of mind, have studied the rudiments of social cognition and conceptualized distinct forms of intersubjective communication and interaction at human early life. Interaction theorists consider primary intersubjectivity a non-mentalist, pre-theoretical, non-conceptual sort of processes that ground a certain level of communication and understanding, and provide support to higher-level cognitive skills. We argue the study of human/neurorobot interaction consists in a unique opportunity to deepen understanding of underlying mechanisms in social cognition through synthetic modeling, while allowing to examine a second person experiential (2PP) access to intersubjectivity in embodied dyadic interaction. Concretely, we propose the study of primary intersubjectivity as a 2PP experience characterized by predictive engagement, where perception, cognition, and action are accounted for an hermeneutic circle in dyadic interaction. From our interpretation of the concept of active inference in free-energy principle theory, we propose an open-source methodology named neural robotics library (NRL) for experimental human/neurorobot interaction, wherein a demonstration program named virtual Cartesian robot (VCBot) provides an opportunity to experience the aforementioned embodied interaction to general audiences. Lastly, through a study case, we discuss some ways human-robot primary intersubjectivity can contribute to cognitive science research, such as to the fields of developmental psychology, educational technology, and cognitive rehabilitation.
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PMCID: PMC7736637
This article was submitted to Cognitive Science, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology
Reviewed by: Michael Mascolo, Merrimack College, United States; Michail Maniadakis, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), Greece
Edited by: Sjoerd J. H. Ebisch, University of Studies G. d'Annunzio Chieti and Pescara, Italy
ISSN:1664-1078
1664-1078
DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.584869