The Role of Intrinsic Motivations in Attention Allocation and Shifting
The concepts of attention and intrinsic motivations are of great interest within adaptive robotic systems, and can be exploited in order to guide, activate, and coordinate multiple concurrent behaviors. Attention allocation strategies represent key capabilities of human beings, which are strictly co...
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| author | Dario edi Nocera Alberto eFinzi Silvia eRossi Mariacarla eStaffa |
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| description | The concepts of attention and intrinsic motivations are of great interest within adaptive robotic systems, and can be exploited in order to guide, activate, and coordinate multiple concurrent behaviors. Attention allocation strategies represent key capabilities of human beings, which are strictly connected with action selection and execution mechanisms, while intrinsic motivations directly affect the allocation of attentional resources. In this paper we propose a model of Reinforcement Learning (RL), where both these capabilities are involved. RL is deployed to learn how to allocate attentional resources in a behavior-based robotic system, while action selection is obtained as a side effect of the resulting motivated attentional behaviors. Moreover, the influence of intrinsic motivations in attention orientation is obtained by introducing rewards associated with curiosity drives. In this way, the learning process is affected not only by goal-specific rewards, but also by intrinsic motivations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6c714c38118244a9bc72dda0b7eb6b202022-12-21T20:14:20ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782014-04-01510.3389/fpsyg.2014.0027360189The Role of Intrinsic Motivations in Attention Allocation and ShiftingDario edi Nocera0Alberto eFinzi1Silvia eRossi2Mariacarla eStaffa3Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico IIUniversità degli Studi di Napoli Federico IIUniversità degli Studi di Napoli Federico IIUniversità degli Studi di Napoli Federico IIThe concepts of attention and intrinsic motivations are of great interest within adaptive robotic systems, and can be exploited in order to guide, activate, and coordinate multiple concurrent behaviors. Attention allocation strategies represent key capabilities of human beings, which are strictly connected with action selection and execution mechanisms, while intrinsic motivations directly affect the allocation of attentional resources. In this paper we propose a model of Reinforcement Learning (RL), where both these capabilities are involved. RL is deployed to learn how to allocate attentional resources in a behavior-based robotic system, while action selection is obtained as a side effect of the resulting motivated attentional behaviors. Moreover, the influence of intrinsic motivations in attention orientation is obtained by introducing rewards associated with curiosity drives. In this way, the learning process is affected not only by goal-specific rewards, but also by intrinsic motivations.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00273/fullreinforcement learningaction selectioncuriosityattention shiftingIntrinsic Motivations |
| spellingShingle | Dario edi Nocera Alberto eFinzi Silvia eRossi Mariacarla eStaffa The Role of Intrinsic Motivations in Attention Allocation and Shifting Frontiers in Psychology reinforcement learning action selection curiosity attention shifting Intrinsic Motivations |
| title | The Role of Intrinsic Motivations in Attention Allocation and Shifting |
| title_full | The Role of Intrinsic Motivations in Attention Allocation and Shifting |
| title_fullStr | The Role of Intrinsic Motivations in Attention Allocation and Shifting |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Role of Intrinsic Motivations in Attention Allocation and Shifting |
| title_short | The Role of Intrinsic Motivations in Attention Allocation and Shifting |
| title_sort | role of intrinsic motivations in attention allocation and shifting |
| topic | reinforcement learning action selection curiosity attention shifting Intrinsic Motivations |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00273/full |
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