A Cognitive Agent Model Using Inverse Mirroring for False Attribution of Own Actions to Other Agents

This paper presents a cognitive agent model capable of showing situations where self-generated actions are attributed to other agents, as, for example, for patients suffering from schizophrenia. The mechanism underlying the model involves inverse mirroring: mapping preparation states onto sensory representations of observed actions. It is shown how this mechanism can develop based on Hebbian learning. The model provides a basis for applications to human-like virtual agents in the context of for example, training of therapists or agent-based generation of virtual stories.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2011
• Where: IEAAIE
• Authors: Jan Treur, Muhammad Umair
• Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Agent, IEAAIE 2011, Sensory Representations, Virtual Agents