Nature versus Nurture: EVOLUTIONARY AND DEVELOPMENTAL ORIGINS OF HYPERPARAMETERS IN INFANT AGENTS
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2020-01-28
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en
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The increasing evidence for an organisation of the brain based on the principles of Bayesian inference
has led to a rise in popularity of predictive processing (Kwisthout, Bekkering, & van Rooij,
2017). Most research within the predictive processing framework focuses on explaining cognitive phenomena
within the adult brain, missing to explain how these phenomena arise and develop in infant
agents. We propose a shift of focus in the predictive processing literature towards development. Before
we can investigate development, the initial state of generative models needs to be understood. This
research attempts to make a starting step by investigating developmental and evolutionary origins of
hyperparameters within infant agents.
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Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen