Towards Computational Developmental Model based on Synthetic Approaches

Cognitive developmental robotics (CDR) (Asada et al., 2001) has been tackling the issue of how human cognitive functions develop by means of a synthetic approach that developmentally constructs cognitive functions. ldquoPhysical embodimentrdquo is the core idea of CDR, and is revisited to make its role clearer, that is, to enable information structuring through interactions with the environment, including other agents. This paper attempts to reveal the developmental process of human cognitive function from a viewpoint of synthetic approach towards building a computational developmental model for the process with brief introductions of existing CDR approaches.