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- Title
Episodes, events, and models.
- Authors
Khemlani, Sangeet S.; Harrison, Anthony M.; Trafton, J. Gregory
- Abstract
We describe a novel computational theory of how individuals segment perceptual information into representations of events. The theory is inspired by recent findings in the cognitive science and cognitive neuroscience of event segmentation. In line with recent theories, it holds that online event segmentation is automatic, and that event segmentation yields mental simulations of events. But it posits two novel principles as well: first, discrete episodic markers track perceptual and conceptual changes, and can be retrieved to construct event models. Second, the process of retrieving and reconstructing those episodic markers is constrained and prioritized. We describe a computational implementation of the theory, as well as a robotic extension of the theory that demonstrates the processes of online event segmentation and event model construction. The theory is the first unified computational account of event segmentation and temporal inference. We conclude by demonstrating now neuroimaging data can constrain and inspire the construction of process-level theories of human reasoning.
- Subjects
REASONING; EPISODIC memory; SENSORY perception; INFERENCE (Logic); IMAGE segmentation; PHYSIOLOGY
- Publication
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2015, Vol 9, p1
- ISSN
1662-5161
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3389/fnhum.2015.00590