Children's Scale Errors Are a Natural Consequence of Learning to Associate Objects with Actions: A Computational Model

Autor/inn/en	Grzyb, Beata J.; Nagai, Yukie; Asada, Minoru; Cattani, Allegra; Floccia, Caroline; Cangelosi, Angelo
Titel	Children's Scale Errors Are a Natural Consequence of Learning to Associate Objects with Actions: A Computational Model
Quelle	In: Developmental Science, 22 (2019) 4, (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Cattani, Allegra)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1467-7687
DOI	10.1111/desc.12777
Schlagwörter	Error Patterns; Young Children; Cognitive Processes; Semantics; Visual Perception; Object Manipulation; Correlation; Models; Computer Software; Computer Simulation; Child Development; Learning Processes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fehlertyp; Frühe Kindheit; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Semantik; Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Korrelation; Analogiemodell; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Kindesentwicklung; Learning process; Lernprozess
Abstract	Young children sometimes attempt an action on an object, which is inappropriate because of the object size--they make scale errors. Existing theories suggest that scale errors may result from immaturities in children's action planning system, which might be overpowered by increased complexity of object representations or developing teleofunctional bias. We used computational modelling to emulate children's learning to associate objects with actions and to select appropriate actions, given object shape and size. A computational Developmental Deep Model of Action and Naming (DDMAN) was built on the dual-route theory of action selection, in which actions on objects are selected via a direct (nonsemantic or visual) route or an indirect (semantic) route. As in case of children, DDMAN produced scale errors: the number of errors was high at the beginning of training and decreased linearly but did not disappear completely. Inspection of emerging object-action associations revealed that these were coarsely organized by shape, hence leading DDMAN to initially select actions based on shape rather than size. With experience, DDMAN gradually learned to use size in addition to shape when selecting actions. Overall, our simulations demonstrate that children's scale errors are a natural consequence of learning to associate objects with actions. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01