Reproducing human visual attention in robots

In our daily lives, we constantly shift our attention to important parts of the visual world around us. Our brains accomplish this unconsciously and on a moment-to-moment basis. Although such “attention” is of key importance to our survival and intelligence, its mechanism is not well understood. I analyze activity in the brain related to attention and learning and recreate it in simulated brains in robots. This allows us to understand the principles of the brain and how they interact with the body and external world. To do this, we must take into account the results of not only laboratory experiments with many controls which produce unnatural behavior, but also experiments in the real world under natural conditions. My eventual goal is to enable better communication between humans and machines by closing the gap between the human brain and artificial intelligence.

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