Simulation as an engine of physical scene understanding

In a glance, we can perceive whether a stack of dishes will topple, a branch will support a child’s weight, a grocery bag is poorly packed and liable to tear or crush its contents, or a tool is firmly attached to a table or free to be lifted. Such rapid physical inferences are central to how people...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Battaglia, Peter W., Hamrick, Jessica B., Tenenbaum, Joshua B.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/89115
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1925-2035
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9931-3685