Publications (2020-2011)

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2020

Articles in Journals

  • Anja Philippsen and Yukie Nagai, “Deficits in Prediction Ability Trigger Asymmetries in Behavior and Internal Representation,” Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11:564415, November 2020.
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  • Yuji Kawai, Yuji Oshima, Yuki Sasamoto, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “A Computational Model for Child Inferences of Word Meanings via Syntactic Categories for Different Ages and Languages,” IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, 12(3):401-416, September 2020.
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  • Jason Orlosky, Konstantinos Theofilis, Kiyoshi Kiyokawa, and Yukie Nagai, “Effects of Throughput Delay on Perception of Robot Teleoperation and Head Control Precision in Remote Monitoring Tasks,” PRESENCE: Virtual and Augmented Reality, 27(2):226-241, February 2020.
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  • Pablo Lanillos, Daniel Oliva, Anja Philippsen, Yuichi Yamashita, Yukie Nagai, and Gordon Cheng, “A review on neural network models of schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder,” Neural Networks, 122:338-363, February 2020.
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Peer-Reviewed International Conferences (Full Paper)

  • Anja Philippsen, Sho Tsuji, and Yukie Nagai, “Picture completion reveals developmental change in representational drawing ability: An analysis using a convolutional neural network,” in Proceedings of the 10th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics, October 26-30, 2020.
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  • Stefan Heinrich, Tayfun Alpay, and Yukie Nagai, “Learning Timescales in Gated and Adaptive Continuous Time Recurrent Neural Networks,” in Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 2662-2667, October 11-14, 2020.
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Invited Talks

  • Yukie Nagai, “Cognitive Development Based on Predictive Coding,” Workshop on “Neural Control: From Data to Machines”, Göttingen, Germany, November 5 – December 17, 2020. (Online)
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Artificial Intelligence as a Mirror of Human Intelligence,” 2nd French-German-Japanese Symposium on Human-centric Artificial Intelligence, Tokyo, Japan, November 16-20, 2020. (Online)
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Development of Perception, Action, and Learning Based on Predictive Coding,” ICDL-EpiRob 2020 Workshop on Affective Shared Perception, Valparaiso, Chile, October 30, 2020. (Online)
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Cognitive Development in Humans and Robots: New Insights into Intelligence,” 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Las Vegas, USA, October 25-November 25, 2020. (Online) (Plenary talk)
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Cognitive Development Based on Predictive Coding,” International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Brain Science, Tokyo, Japan, October 10-12, 2020. (Online)
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Cognitive development based on predictive coding,” Cross Roads #16, Tokyo, September 25, 2020. (Online)
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Typical and Atypical Consciousness Based on Predictive Coding,” Consciousness Club, Tokyo, January 17, 2020.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Cognitive Mirroring that Visualizes Subjective Cognition,” the 37th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cognitive Science Society, Gifu, September 17-19, 2020. (Online)
  • Yukie Nagai, “Cognitive Mirroring: Assisting people with developmental disorders by means of self-understanding and social sharing of cognitive processes,” CREST Big Data Resaerch Area Meeting, Tokyo, August 24-25, 2020. (Online)
  • Yukie Nagai, “Self- and Mutual-Understanding with Cognitive Mirroring,” IEICE General Conference 2020, Hiroshima, March 17-20, 2020.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “A Hypothesis about Developmental Disorders Based on Predictive Coding Theory,” NINS Joint Research Program Workshop on Interdisciplinary Approach to Neurodevelopmental Mechanisms for Actions and Behaviors, Okazaki, February 17-19, 2020.
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Non-Reviewed International Conferences

  • Stefan Heinrich, Shingo Murata, Yuichi Yamashita, and Yukie Nagai, “Adaptive continuous timescale recurrent neural networks for cognitive modelling,” International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Brain Science, October 10-12, 2020.
  • Tatsuya Daikoku, Shinichiro Kumagaya, Satsuki Ayaya, and Yukie Nagai, “Hierarchical structure of speech rhythm in autism spectrum disorder,” International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Brain Science, October 10-12, 2020.
  • Anja Philippsen, Sho Tsuji, and Yukie Nagai, “Quantifying developmental differences in drawing ability using a convolutional neural network,” International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Brain Science, October 10-12, 2020.
  • Anja Philippsen and Yukie Nagai, “Prediction ability as a prerequisite of representational drawing behavior,” The 2nd International Symposium on Symbiotic Intelligent Systems, January 31-February 1, 2020.

Non-Reviewed Domestic Conferences

  • Tatsuya Daikoku, Shinichiro Kumagaya, Satsuki Ayaya, and Yukie Nagai, “Characteristics of Speech Rhythm Hierarchy in Autism Spectrum Disorder,” The 9th Symposium of Japanese Society of Developmental Neuroscience, P-02, November 28, 2020.
  • Itsuki Ichikawa, Yukie Nagai, Hoshinori Kanazawa, Shogo Yonekura, and Yasuo Kuniyoshi, “Neural Networks That Predict Subjective Auditory Hypersensitivity in Autism Spectrum Disorder,” The 9th Symposium of Japanese Society of Developmental Neuroscience, P-11, November 28, 2020.
  • Anja Philippsen, Sho Tsuji, and Yukie Nagai, “The cognitive processes underlying drawing development: Understanding the role of bottom-up information,” The 9th Symposium of Japanese Society of Developmental Neuroscience, P-20, November 28, 2020.
  • Yanggang Feng and Yukie Nagai, “Interaction Between Two Neural Networks Provides Insights into Temporal Synchronicity Between Two Individuals,” The 9th Symposium of Japanese Society of Developmental Neuroscience, P-22, November 28, 2020.
  • Alexis Holgado and Yukie Nagai, “Toward investigating body ownership using a teleoperated iCub robot,” The 9th Symposium of Japanese Society of Developmental Neuroscience, P-23, November 28, 2020.
  • Miho Homma, Masaki Tsujita, Shinishiro Kumagaya, and Yukie Nagai, “Influences of ASD Simulator Workshop on Teachers’ Negative Attitudes in Elementary and Junior High Schools,” The 9th Symposium of Japanese Society of Developmental Neuroscience, P-26, November 28, 2020.
  • Itsuki Ichikawa, Yukie Nagai, Hoshinori Kanazawa, Shogo Yonekura, and Yasuo Kuniyoshi, “Modeling Sensory Characteristics through Reproduction of Subjective Experience for Auditory Characteristics of People with Autistic Spectrum Disorder,” in Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, 4Rin1-92, June 9-12, 2020.
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Miscellaneous

  • Yukie Nagai, “Predictive coding account for autism spectrum disorder: Hyper- and hypo-prior hypothesis,” IRCN-Stockholm Trio Workshop “Neuronal Circuits and Intelligence”, Tokyo, Japan, January 27-28, 2020.
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2019

Articles in Journals

  • Fabio Vannucci, Alessandra Sciutti, Hagen Lehman, Giulio Sandini, Yukie Nagai, and Francesco Rea, “Cultural differences in speed adaptation in human-robot interaction tasks,” Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics, 10(1):256-266, August 2019.
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  • Mert Imre, Erhan Oztop, Yukie Nagai, and Emre Ugur, “Affordance-based altruistic robotic architecture for human–robot collaboration,” Adaptive Behavior, 27(4):223-241, August 2019.
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  • Beata J. Grzyb, Yukie Nagai, Minoru Asada, Allegra Cattani, Caroline Floccia, and Angelo Cangelosi, “Children’s scale errors are a natural consequence of learning to associate objects with actions: A computational model,” Developmental Science, 22(4):e12777, July 2019.
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  • Sho Aoki, Kuriko Kagitani-Shimono, Junko Matsuzaki, Ryuzo Hanaie, Mariko Nakanishi, Koji Tominaga, Yukie Nagai, Ikuko Mohri, and Masako Taniike, “Lesser suppression of response to bright visual stimuli and visual abnormality in children with autism spectrum disorder: a magnetoencephalographic study,” Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 11:9, June 2019.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Predictive learning: its key role in early cognitive development,” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 374(1771):20180030, March 2019.
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Peer-Reviewed International Conferences (Full Paper)

  • Anja Philippsen and Yukie Nagai, “A predictive coding model of representational drawing in human children and chimpanzees,” in Proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics, 171-176, August 19-22, 2019.
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  • Daniel Oliva, Anja Philippsen, and Yukie Nagai, “How development in the Bayesian brain facilitates learning,” in Proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics, 253-259, August 19-22, 2019.
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Peer-Reviewed International Conferences (Short Paper)

  • Jyh-Jong Hsieh, Yukie Nagai, Shinichiro Kumagaya, Satsuki Ayaya, and Minoru Asada, “Atypical Auditory Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Synthetic Approach to Evaluate the Perceptual Patterns and Environmental Causes,” in Proceedings of the International Society for Autism Research Annual Meeting, May 1-4, 2019.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Computational Account for the Development of Top-Down Visual Attention,” in Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, March 21-23, 2019.
  • Yukie Nagai, Timothée Anne, and Anja Philippsen, “Predictive Coding Account for the Development of Representational Drawing,” in Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, March 21-23, 2019.
  • Anja Philippsen, Timothée Anne, and Yukie Nagai, “Learning order affects internal representation structure: A computational model of teaching in children’s learning,” in Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, March 21-23, 2019.

Tutorial and Review Papers

  • Yukie Nagai, “Developmental vs. evolutionary origin of cooperation,” Baby Science, 18:12-13, March 2019.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “From Understanding to Assisting: Cognitive mirroring that makes developmental disorders observable,” Journal of Human Interface Society, 21(1):5-10, February 2019.
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Books

  • Yukie Nagai, “8.8 Cognitive Development in Robots based on Predictive Coding,” Encyclopedia of Artificial Intelligence (third edition), H. Nakashima et al. (Eds.), Kindai Kagaku, 222-224, December 2019.
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Invited Talks

  • Yukie Nagai, “Predictive Coding as a Computational Theory for Open-Ended Cognitive Development,” IROS 2019 Workshop on Open-Ended Learning for Object Perception and Grasping: Current Successes and Future Challenges, Macau, China, November 8, 2019.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “The Now and Future of Cognitive Developmental Robotics,” The Third Conference on Robot Learning, Osaka, Japan, October 30-November 1, 2019. (Keynote talk)
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  • Yukie Nagai, “[Lecture 1] Beyond self: From non-social to social development in robots; [Lecture 2] Atypical self: A computational account for developmental disorder,” Autumn School of German Scientific Priority Program on “The Active Self”, Herrsching, Germany, October 23-27, 2019.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “An interdisciplinary approach to human and robot cognition,” CITEC Conference “Cognitive Interaction Technology meets AI”, Bielefeld, Germany, October 24-25, 2019.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “What robots tell us about human cognition: Predictive coding theory,” Opening Conference of ZiF research group “Situation models: Interfacing perception and memory for cognitive behavior”, Bielefeld, Germany, October 9-11, 2019.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Where do social difficulties come from?: Predictive coding account for autism,” HAI 2019 Workshop on Clinical Use of Technology for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Kyoto, Japan, October 6, 2019.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “AI that simulates and assists people with autism spectrum disorder,” Nature Conference on “AI & Robotics”, Shenzhen, China, September 2-3, 2019.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Predictive coding account for emotion,” ICDL-EpiRob 2019 Workshop on Naturalistic Non-Verbal and Affective Human-Robot Interactions, Oslo, Norway, August 19, 2019.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Cognitive Development in Robots: A unified theory based on predictive coding,” The 8th International Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Nara, Japan, July 9-12, 2019. (Plenary talk)
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Predictive Learning as a Computational Principle for Early Cognitive Development,” The Fourth International Workshop on Intrinsically Motivated Open-ended Learning, Frankfurt, Germany, July 1-3, 2019.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “What Robotics Tells About Human Development and Its Disorders,” RSS 2019 Workshop on Women in Robotics V, Freiburg, Germany, June 23, 2019.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Computational Models of Predictive Coding for Robot Cognitive Development,” RSS 2019 Workshop on Advances in Neuro-Robotics, Freiburg, Germany, June 22, 2019.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Predictive coding account for social cognitive development and its disorders,” Marcus Wallenberg International Symposium on Affective and Developmental Processes in Cognitive and Autonomous Systems – Augmenting Deep Learning using Neural Dynamics and Predictive Coding, Gothenburg, Sweden, May 6-7, 2019.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Development of social cognition in robots,” Behaviors.ai 2nd Annual Workshop, Lyon, France, April 10, 2019.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Development of social cognition in robots,” JST-CREST / IEEE-RAS Spring School on “Social and Artificial Intelligence for User-Friendly Robots”, Shonan Village, Japan, March 17-24, 2019.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Cognitive Mirroring: A Computational Approach to Understanding and Assisting Autism Spectrum Disorder,” The 2nd Workshop on Social Robots in Therapy and Care, Daegu, Korea, March 11, 2019.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Computational Models of Predictive Coding for Social Cognitive Development in Robots,” The 4th Joint UAE Symposium on Social Robotics, Abu Dhabi and Al Ain, UAE, February 3-6, 2019.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Simulator of Atypical Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Why do they have difficulties in social communication?,” Mental Health and Welfare Center in Chiba Prefecture, Chiba, December 19, 2019.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Toward Creative Collaboration between Human and AI,” JST Symposium on Human-AI Future School 2019, Tokyo, December 15, 2019.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Predictive Coding Theory for Cognitive Development and its Disorders,” The University of Tokyo “Brain Information Processing Systems”, Tokyo, December 6, 2019.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Simulators that Visualize Atypical Visual Perception in ASD,” Doshisha University, Kyoto, December 2, 2019.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Simulator of Atypical Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Why do they have difficulties in social communication?,” Miyagawa medical reformatory, Mie, November 14, 2019.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Simulator of Atypical Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Why do they have difficulties in social communication?,” Nikoniko circle Jewel kids, Hokkaido, September 21, 2019.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Development of Predictive Brain: Understanding Humans by Developing Robots,” IRCN Public Lecture – “Brain Prediction and Brain Development”, Tokyo, July 13, 2019.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Computational approach to understanding underlying neural mechanisms of autism spectrum disorder,” The 115th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology, Niigata, June 20-22, 2019.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Simulator of Atypical Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Why do they have difficulties in social communication?,” 80th Event at Mukogawa Gakuin, Hyogo, April 27, 2019.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Origin of Social Cognition: Neurorobotics approach based on predictive coding,” Symposium on State-of-the-art of Developmental Studies based on Neuroscience, Tokyo, March 8, 2019.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Simulator of Atypical Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Why do they have difficulties in social communication?,” Lecture at Osaka Developmental Rehabilitation Center, Osaka, January 28, 2019.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Simulator of Atypical Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Why do they have difficulties in social communication?,” Lecture at Narashino-city, Chiba, January 27, 2019.

Non-Reviewed International Conferences

  • Kyoichiro Kobayashi, Takato Horii, Ryo Iwaki, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Situated GAIL: Multi-Task Imitation Using Latent Conditioned Adversarial Inverse Reinforcement Learning,” The 1st International Symposium on Symbiotic Intelligent Systems, January 23-25, 2019.
  • Takato Horii and Yukie Nagai, “Attention Control Based on Free-Energy Minimization in Multimodal Interaction with Familiar Friends,” The 1st International Symposium on Symbiotic Intelligent Systems, January 23-25, 2019.
  • Daniel Oliva, Anja Philippsen, and Yukie Nagai, “Trajectory Recognition Using a Bayesian Inference Recurrent Neural Network Model,” The 1st International Symposium on Symbiotic Intelligent Systems, January 23-25, 2019.
  • Daniel Oliva, Anja Philippsen, and Yukie Nagai, “Trajectory Recognition Using a Bayesian Inference Recurrent Neural Network Model,” Mechanism of Brain and Mind: 19th Winter Workshop, January 9-11, 2019.
  • Serkan Bugur, Erhan Oztop, Yukie Nagai, and Emre Ugur, “Organization of sensorimotor experience of a manipulation robot through predictability,” Mechanism of Brain and Mind: 19th Winter Workshop, January 9-11, 2019.
  • Anja Philippsen, Daniel Oliva, and Yukie Nagai, “Influence of hyper- and hypo-prior in a Bayesian inference recurrent neural network model,” Mechanism of Brain and Mind: 19th Winter Workshop, January 9-11, 2019. (Excellent Poster Award)
  • Emir Arditi, Jernej Camernik, Jan Babic, Emre Ugur, Yukie Nagai, and Erhan Oztop, “Explorations on inverse reinforcement learning for the analysis of sensorimotor data,” Mechanism of Brain and Mind: 19th Winter Workshop, January 9-11, 2019.

Non-Reviewed Domestic Conferences

  • Anja Philippsen, Sho Tsuji, and Yukie Nagai, “Development of representational drawing in typical development and autism spectrum disorder,” The 8th Symposium of Japanese Society of Developmental Neuroscience, 26, November 23-24, 2019.
  • Yanggang Feng and Yukie Nagai, “A Computational Approach to Interpersonal Synchronization: Our hypothesis based on predictive processing,” The 8th Symposium of Japanese Society of Developmental Neuroscience, 27, November 23-24, 2019.
  • Masaki Tsujita, Shinishiro Kumagaya, Yuhei Suzuki, Miho Homma, Miya Sabi, and Yukie Nagai, “Influences of ASD Simulator Workshop on Negative Attitudes of Typically-Developed Individuals,” The 8th Symposium of Japanese Society of Developmental Neuroscience, 36, November 23-24, 2019.
  • Yuri Etani, Yukie Nagai, Konstantinos Theofilis, and Masako Myowa, “What makes robots more familiar to humans?: HRI study focusing on synchronized interaction and interoceptive sensitivity,” The 8th Symposium of Japanese Society of Developmental Neuroscience, 39, November 23-24, 2019.
  • Anja Philippsen and Yukie Nagai, “A computational model of representational drawing behavior: prediction ability as a key factor?,” The 8th Symposium of Japanese Society of Developmental Neuroscience, 48, November 23-24, 2019.
  • Miho Homma, Miya Sabi, Masaki Tsujita, Shinishiro Kumagaya, and Yukie Nagai, “Self Learning from ASD Simulator Workshop,” The 8th Symposium of Japanese Society of Developmental Neuroscience, 60, November 23-24, 2019.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Co-Creation by Computational Neuroscience and Tojisha-Kenkyu,” in Proceedings of the 36th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cognitive Science Society, September 5-7, 2019.
  • Anja Philippsen and Yukie Nagai, “Prediction ability as a prerequisite of representational drawing behavior,” in Proceedings of the 19th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Baby Science, 60, July 6-7, 2019.
  • Yuri Etani, Yukie Nagai, Konstantinos Theofilis, and Masako Myowa, “Influence of Eye Blink Mimicry and Interoceptive Awareness on Human-Robot Interaction,” in Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, 2D1-J-11-03, June 4-7, 2019. (JSAI Annual Conference Award)
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  • Kyoichiro Kobayashi, Takato Horii, Ryo Iwaki, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Task-Conditional Generative Adversarial Imitation Learning That Infers Multiple Reward Functions,” in Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, 4I3-J-2-02, June 4-7, 2019.
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Miscellaneous

  • Yukie Nagai, “A Robotics Approach to Understanding Human Cognitive Development,” CIFAR-IRCN Child Brain Development Program Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, November 11-13, 2019.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Cognitive Developmental Robotics: A constructive approach to understanding human cognitive development,” The 4th Tsinghua University – The University of Tokyo Joint Multidisciplinary Symposium, Beijing, China, May 27-31, 2019.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Cognitive Mirroring: Computational approach to understanding and assisting autism spectrum disorder,” DFKI, Kaiserslautern, Germany, February 19, 2019.

2018

Articles in Journals

  • Takato Horii, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Modeling Development of Multimodal Emotion Perception Guided by Tactile Dominance and Perceptual Improvement,” IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, 10(3):762-775, September 2018.
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  • Jun-Cheol Park, Dae-Shik Kim, and Yukie Nagai, “Learning for Goal-Directed Actions Using RNNPB: Developmental Change of “What to Imitate”,” IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, 10(3):545-556, September 2018.
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  • Francisco Cruz, Sven Magg, Yukie Nagai, and Stefan Wermter, “Improving interactive reinforcement learning: What makes a good teacher?,” Connection Science, 30(3):306-325, September 2018.
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  • Yuji Kawai, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Prediction Error in the PMd As a Criterion for Biological Motion Discrimination: A Computational Account,” IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, 10(2):237-249, June 2018.
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Peer-Reviewed International Conferences (Full Paper)

  • Anja Philippsen and Yukie Nagai, “Understanding the cognitive mechanisms underlying autistic behavior: a recurrent neural network study,” in Proceedings of the 8th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics, 84-90, September 16-20, 2018.
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  • Yihan Zhang and Yukie Nagai, “Proprioceptive Feedback Plays a Key Role in Self-Other Differentiation,” in Proceedings of the 8th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics, 133-138, September 16-20, 2018.
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  • Ahmet E. Tekden, Emre Ugur, Yukie Nagai, and Erhan Oztop, “Modeling the Development of Infant Imitation using Inverse Reinforcement Learning,” in Proceedings of the 8th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics, 155-160, September 16-20, 2018.
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  • Serkan Bugur, Yukie Nagai, Erhan Oztop, and Emre Ugur, “A Computational Model For Action Prediction Development,” in Proceedings of the ICDL-EpiRob 2018 Workshop on Continual Unsupervised Sensorimotor Learning, September 17, 2018.

Peer-Reviewed International Conferences (Short Paper)

  • Anja Philippsen and Yukie Nagai, “Looking at internal network representations: an indicator for generalization capability,” in Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the Japanese Neural Network Society, 58-59, October 24-27, 2018.
  • Yukie Nagai and Niyati Rawal, “Where and Why Infants Look: A recurrent neural network for the development of visual attention,” in Proceedings of the 21st Biennial International Congress on Infant Studies, June 30-July 3, 2018.
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  • Jyh-Jong Hsieh, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Deficit of Prediction Ability as A Potential Cause of Phantom Noise in Autism Spectrum Disorder,” in Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, March 24-27, 2018.

Peer-Reviewed Domestic Conferences (Full Paper)

  • Yukie Nagai, “Cognitive Mirroring: Its design principle and impacts on developmental disorders,” in Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cognitive Science Society, 154-160, August 30-September 1, 2018.
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Tutorial and Review Papers

  • Yukie Nagai, “Simulator of Atypical Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Understanding difficulties in ASD from the first-person’s perspective,” Tokubetsu Shien Kyoiku, 734:23-25, October 2018.
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  • Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Yukie Nagai, Yukuo Konishi, Masako Myowa, Shinichiro Kumagaya, Yoshiyuki Ohmura, and Hoshinori Kanazawa, “Constructive Developmental Science: Revealing the Principles of Development from Fetal Period and Systematic Understanding of Developmental Disorders,” Baby Science, 17:10-21, March 2018.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Cognitive Mirroring: Assisting people with developmental disorders by means of self-understanding and social sharing of cognitive processes,” Seitai No Kagaku, 69(1):63-67, February 2018.
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Invited Talks

  • Yukie Nagai, “Predictive Learning: A computational theory of social cognitive development,” International Research Center for Neurointelligence (IRCN) 2nd International Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, December 17, 2018.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Cognitive Mirroring: Computational Approach to Developmental Disorders,” Artificial Intelligence – International Research and Applications: 1st Japanese-German-French DWIH Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, November 21-22, 2018.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Predictive Learning: Neuro-inspired mechanism for social cognitive development in robots,” The 4th Congress on Robotics and Neuroscience, Valparaíso, Chile, November 15-17, 2018.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Biologically-inspired cognitive architecture for human-robot collaboration,” IROS 2018 Workshop on Human-Robot Cooperation and Collaboration in Manipulation: Advancements and Challenges, Madrid, Spain, October 5, 2018.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “The self-other within predictive learning,” IROS 2018 Workshop on the utility of body, interaction and self learning in robotics, Madrid, Spain, October 1, 2018.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Where and Why Infants Look: A computational account for the development of visual attention,” ICDL-EpiRob 2018 Workshop on Active Vision, Attention, and Learning, Tokyo, Japan, September 17, 2018.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Impact of Social Interaction on Affordance Learning,” The 1st International Workshop on Computational Models of Affordance in Robotics, Pittsburgh, USA, June 30, 2018.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Robots that Learn to Interact with Others Like Infants,” University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, February 22, 2018.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Predictive Learning: A computational theory that accounts for social cognitive development,” Paderborn University, Paderborn, Germany, February 20, 2018.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Predictive Learning: A computational theory that accounts for social cognitive development,” Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany, February 16, 2018.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Predictive Learning: Computational theory that solves the puzzle of cognitive development,” The 1st International Symposium on Systems Intelligence Division, Osaka, January 20-21, 2018.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Simulators that Visualize Atypical Visual Perception in ASD,” Doshisha University, Kyoto, November 12, 2018.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Cognitive Mirroring Systems to Reduce Autism-Related Stigma Attitude,” Round-table Discussion II: Intelligent Information Processing Systems and Stigma, International Conference on Co-design and Tojisha-kenkyu, Tokyo, Japan, November 3, 2018.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Co-production of Anti-Stigma Program,” Open Symposium: Co-design and Tojisha-kenkyu, International Conference on Co-design and Tojisha-kenkyu, Tokyo, Japan, November 2, 2018.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Simulator of Atypical Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Why do they have difficulties in social communication?,” Japan Nursery Service Inc., Tokyo, October 31, 2018.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Toward Designing Barrier-free Systems for Developmental Disorders,” The 41st Interdisciplinary Workshop at Frameworks, Tokyo, September 7, 2018.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Simulator of Atypical Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Why do they have difficulties in social communication?,” World Autism Awareness Day, Osaka, April 28, 2018.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Simulator of Atypical Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Why do they have difficulties in social communication?,” NPO Challenge Club, Osaka, February 25, 2018.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Development and its Disorder of Human Brain Investigated by Robotics,” the 17th Friday Science Salon, Osaka, February 9, 2018.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Hyper- and hypo-sensitivity in audiovisual perception in autism spectrum disorder: Synthetic approach based on predictive coding hypothesis,” SIG-ADD Symposium, Tokyo, January 28, 2018.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Simulator of ASD’s Visual Perception: Understanding and sharing of its difficulties from the first person’s perspective,” Symposium of Japanese Journal of Clinical Psychology “Tojisha-Kenkyu”, Tokyo, January 27, 2018.
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Non-Reviewed Domestic Conferences

  • Anja Philippsen and Yukie Nagai, “Computational model of prediction deficit in autism spectrum disorder,” The 7th Symposium of Japanese Society of Developmental Neuroscience, 31, November 24-25, 2018.
  • Miho Homma, Miya Sabi, Masaki Tsujita, Shinishiro Kumagaya, Yuhei Suzuki, and Yukie Nagai, “Learning through the Workshops of Perceptual Experiences Using ASD VR Simulator,” The 7th Symposium of Japanese Society of Developmental Neuroscience, 33, November 24-25, 2018.
  • Anna Shimafuji, Tadahiro Kanazawa, and Yukie Nagai, “Influence of Understanding the Function of Others’ Eyes on the Development of Joint Attention,” The 7th Symposium of Japanese Society of Developmental Neuroscience, 34, November 24-25, 2018.
  • Jyh-Jong Hsieh, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Phantom Noise Caused by Deficit of Prediction Ability in Autism Spectrum Disorder,” The 80th National Convention of Information Processing Society of Jaoan, 433-434, March 13-15, 2018.

2017

Articles in Journals

  • Jimmy Baraglia, Maya Cakmak, Yukie Nagai, Rajesh P. N. Rao, and Minoru Asada, “Efficient human-robot collaboration: when should a robot take initiative?,” The International Journal of Robotics Research, 36(5-7):563-579, June 2017.
    [HP]

Peer-Reviewed International Conferences (Full Paper)

  • Takato Horii, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Active Perception based on Energy Minimization in Multimodal Human-robot Interaction,” in Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, 103-110, October 17-20, 2017. (Best Student Paper Award)
    [HP]

Peer-Reviewed International Conferences (Short Paper)

  • Niyati Rawal, Takato Horii, and Yukie Nagai, “How does visual attention to face develop in infancy?: A computational account,” in Proceedings of the HAI 2017 Workshop on Representation Learning for Human and Robot Cognition, October 17, 2017.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Mutual Shaping of Motionese and Infants’ Action Learning: A Robotic Approach,” in Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, April 6-8, 2017.

Tutorial and Review Papers

  • Yukie Nagai, “Simulator of ASD Visual Perception,” Japanese Journal of Clinical Psychology: Extra Number 9, 192-196, August 2017.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Importance and Open Issues of Sensorimotor Integration: Comments from Computational Approach,” Baby Science, 16:50-51, March 2017.
    [HP]

Invited Talks

  • Yukie Nagai, “Mental Simulation Based on Crossmodal Learning,” ICDL-EpiRob 2017 Workshop on Computational Models for Crossmodal Learning, Lisbon, Portugal, September 18, 2017.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Development of Social Self through Predictive Learning,” ICDL-EpiRob 2017 Workshop on the Development of the Self: from self-perception to interaction under uncertainty, Lisbon, Portugal, September 18, 2017.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Predictive Coding for Robot Cognition,” International Symposium on Neuroscience of Consciousness: Beyond NCC, Chiba, Japan, July 24, 2017.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Computational models for cognitive development,” ISSA Summer School 2017, Osaka, May 22-June 2, 2017.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Predictive Learning: A Computational Account for Social Cognitive Development,” Lorentz Center Workshop “Perspectives on Developmental Robotics”, Leiden, the Netherlands, May 15-19, 2017.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Cognitive Mirroring: Computational Approach to Understanding and Assisting Autism Spectrum Disorder,” International Symposium on Constructive Approach to Cognitive Development and Disorders, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany, March 13, 2017.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Cognitive Mirroring: Assisting people with developmental disorders from first-person view,” JST-NSF International Joint Symposium, Tokyo, December 20, 2017.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Cognitive Developmental Robotics for Understanding and Assisting Cognitive Mechanisms,” CiNet Neuroscience Workshop at Consortium for Applied Neuroscience, Tokyo, December 8, 2017.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Computational Models of Cognitive Development and its Disorders Based on Predictive Coding,” The 4th Kanazawa University Child Summit, Kanazawa, November 30 – December 2, 2017.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Cognitive Mirroring: Assisting people with developmental disorders by means of self-understanding and social sharing of cognitive processes,” The 6th Symposium of Japanese Society of Developmental Neuroscience, Osaka, November 25-26, 2017.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Applying Advanced Technology to Society!: A case study on assistance for developmental disorder,” IoT startup seminar, Osaka, October 5, 2017.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Neural Basis of Empathy: A Computational Approach to the Development of Mirror Neuron System,” Meeting on “AI that empathizes with human,” Tokyo, July 31, 2017.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Robot and Mind,” The 7th CiNet Symposium, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, June 29, 2017.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Simulator of Atypical Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Potential reasons for their communication difficulties,” Senboku Shien Kyoiku-kenkyu, Osaka, June 12, 2017.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Mechanisms for Robots to Estimate Human Feelings and Intentions,” Symposium on “Society with Robots Starting from HANDAI Robot Exhibition”, Osaka, May 13, 2017.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Experiencing Visual World of Autism Spectrum Disorder,” WAKUWAKU PROJECT JAPAN, Suwa, April 23, 2017.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “AI Research for Understanding Humans: Our Future Led by Cognitive Developmental Robotics,” Girls in Tech Japan, Osaka, February 23, 2017.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Simulator of Atypical Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Why do they have difficulties in social communication?,” NPO Challenge Club, Osaka, January 22, 2017.
    [HP]

Non-Reviewed Domestic Conferences

  • Jyh-Jong Hsieh, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Stochastic Resonance as a Potential Cause for Phantom Noise in Autism Spectrum Disorder,” HCG Symposium, A-5-4, December 13-15, 2017.
  • Niyati Rawal and Yukie Nagai, “Computational Modelling Approach to Investigate the Development of Scan Paths in Infants,” The 6th Symposium of Japanese Society of Developmental Neuroscience, 26, November 25-26, 2017.
  • Jyh-Jong Hsieh, Yukie Nagai, Shinichiro Kumagaya, Satsuki Ayaya, and Minoru Asada, “A Synthetic Approach to Evaluate the Environmental Causes of Atypical Auditory Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder,” The 6th Symposium of Japanese Society of Developmental Neuroscience, 29, November 25-26, 2017.
  • Masaki Tsujita, Shinichiro Kumagaya, Yuhei Suzuki, Miho Homma, Ayaka Yamamoto, and Yukie Nagai, “Influence of the Experience of ASD’s visual perception on Stigma,” The 6th Symposium of Japanese Society of Developmental Neuroscience, 30, November 25-26, 2017.
  • Yuhei Suzuki, Miho Homma, Ayaka Yamamoto, Shinishiro Kumagaya, Masaki Tsujita, and Yukie Nagai, “Design of workshop and experimental protocol using VR ASD toward understanding of ASD,” The 6th Symposium of Japanese Society of Developmental Neuroscience, 35, November 25-26, 2017.
  • Jyh-Jong Hsieh, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Phantom Noise in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Computational Model Based on Stochastic Resonance,” NIPS2017: Neural Mechanism of Consciousness, September 25-26, 2017.
  • Beata J. Grzyb, Yukie Nagai, Minoru Asada, and Angelo Cangelosi, “Influence of object name learning on actions in young children: A computational study,” in Proceedings of the 17th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Baby Science, 76, July 8-9, 2017.

2016

Articles in Journals

  • Takato Horii, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Imitation of human expressions based on emotion estimation by mental simulation,” Paladyn. Journal of Behavioral Robotics, 7(1):40-54, December 2016.
    [HP]
  • Jimmy Baraglia, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Emergence of Altruistic Behavior Through the Minimization of Prediction Error,” IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, 8(3):141-151, September 2016.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Investigating the Principle of Cognitive Developmental: Computational Models Based on Predictive Learning of Sensorimotor Information,” Baby Science, 15:22-32, March 2016.
    [HP] [PDF]
  • Yukie Nagai, “[Answer] Investigating the Principle of Cognitive Developmental: Computational Models Based on Predictive Learning of Sensorimotor Information,” Baby Science, 15:37-45, March 2016.
    [HP] [PDF]

Peer-Reviewed International Conferences (Full Paper)

  • Konstantinos Theofilis, Jason Orlosky, Yukie Nagai, and Kiyoshi Kiyokawa, “Panoramic View Reconstruction for Stereoscopic Teleoperation of a Humanoid Robot,” in Proceedings of the IEEE-RAS 16th International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 242-248, November 15-17, 2016.
    [PDF] [HP]
  • Thomas Hermann, Jiajun Yang, and Yukie Nagai, “EmoSonics – Interactive Sound Interfaces for the Externalization of Emotions,” in Proceedings of the 11th Audio Mostly: A Conference on Interaction with Sound, 61-68, October 4-6, 2016.
    [HP]
  • Jorge L. Copete, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Motor development facilitates the prediction of others’ actions through sensorimotor predictive learning,” in Proceedings of the 6th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics, September 19-22, 2016.
    [PDF] [HP]
  • Jimmy Baraglia, Maya Cakmak, Yukie Nagai, Rajesh Rao, and Minoru Asada, “Initiative in Robot Assistance during Collaborative Task Execution,” in Proceedings of the 11th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, 67-74, March 7-10, 2016.
    [PDF] [HP]

Peer-Reviewed International Conferences (Short Paper)

  • Junko Matsuzaki, Kuriko Kagitani-Shimono, Sho Aoki, Yoko Kato, Ryuzo Hanaie, Mariko Nakanishi, Aika Tatsumi, Tomoka Yamamoto, Koji Tominaga, Yukie Nagai, Ikuko Mohri, and Masako Taniike, “Visual and auditory responses elicited by movie task in autism spectrum disorder: a magnetoencephalographic study,” in Proceedings of the Neuroscience 2016, 120.13, November 12-16, 2016.
  • Hagen Lehmann, Yukie Nagai, and Giorgio Metta, “The question of cultural sensitive gesture libraries in HRI – An Italian – Japanese Comparison,” in Proceedings of the ICDL-EpiRob 2016 Workshop on Vision and the Development of Social Cognition, September 19, 2016.
  • Beata J. Grzyb, Yukie Nagai, Minoru Asada, Iris van Rooij, and Angelo Cangelosi, “Deep developmental learning offers an explanation for toddlers’ scale errors,” in Proceedings of the 15th Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop, August 8-9, 2016.
  • Yukie Nagai, “How motor experiences alter action perception: A computational account,” in Proceedings of the 20th Biennial International Congress on Infant Studies, May 26-28, 2016.
    [PDF]

Tutorial and Review Papers

  • Yukie Nagai and Takato Horii, “Computational Modeling of Emotion Based on Predictive Learning,” Artificial Intelligence, 31(5):694-701, September 2016.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Simulator of Atypical Visual Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder,” Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, 19(1):59-63, January 2016.
    [HP]

Books

  • Yukie Nagai, “Mechanism for Cognitive Development,” Cognitive Neuroscience Robotics: A: Synthetic Approaches to Human Understanding, M. Kasaki, H. Ishiguro, M. Asada, M. Osaka, and T. Fujikado (Eds.), Springer, 51-72, May 2016.
    [HP] [HP]

Invited Talks

  • Yukie Nagai, “Predictive learning: Its key role in cognitive development,” The 3rd International Symposium on Cognitive Neuroscience Robotics: Toward Constructive Developmental Science, Osaka, Japan, December 11-13, 2016.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Predictive Learning: A Computational Theory for Cognitive Development,” Lecture at Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands, November 10, 2016.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Learning with motionese: Human-robot interaction inspired by caregiver-infant interaction,” IROS 2016 Workshop on Human-Robot Collaboration: Towards Co-Adaptive Learning Through Semi-Autonomy and Shared Control, Daejeon, Korea, October 10, 2016.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “From cognition to social interaction based on predictive learning,” IROS 2016 Workshop on Bio-inspired Social Robot Learning in Home Scenarios, Daejeon, Korea, October 10, 2016.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Predictive learning: A unified theory for cognitive development,” International Workshop on Robotics in the 21st century: Challenges and Promises, Volpriehausen, Germany, September 25-28, 2016.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “A Computational Approach to Predictive Learning Account for Cognitive Development,” ICDL-EpiRob 2016 Workshop on Predictive Processing and Infant Development: The Current State-of-the-art, Cergy-Pontoise, France, September 19, 2016.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Predictive learning for robot cognition,” EuroScience Open Forum “Cognition in humans and robots”, Manchester, UK, July 23-27, 2016.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Intention reading and collaboration based on mirror neuron system,” HRI 2016 Workshop on Intention Recognition in Human-Robot Interaction, Christchurch, New Zealand, March 7, 2016.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Emergence of mirror neuron system through predictive learning,” The 2nd International Symposium on Cognitive Neuroscience Robotics: Before and Beyond Mirror Neurons, Osaka, Japan, February 23, 2016.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Simulator of Atypical Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Toward mental barrier-free,” LabMeUp Vol.2 Learning Plus, BeyondLab TOKYO & Panasonic Wonder LAB Osaka, Osaka, December 10, 2016.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Synthetic approach to understanding cognitive developmental mechanisms based on predictive learning,” The 5th Symposium on Developmental Neuroscience, Tokyo, November 26-27, 2016.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Simulator of Atypical Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Why do they have difficulties in social communication?,” LITALICO Inc., Tokyo, October 15, 2016.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Discovering Self’s and Others’ Mind in Infants: Cognitive Developmental Robotics to Understand Emergence of Social Brain,” Symposium of Science Council of Japan “Brain for Understanding Self and Others: Research on Social Brain from Interdisciplinary Approach”, Science Council of Japan, Tokyo, September 10, 2016.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Simulator of Atypical Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Why do they have difficulties in social communication?,” Nishinomiya Music Therapy, Hyogo, January 31, 2016.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Simulator of Atypical Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Why do they have difficulties in social communication?,” Doza Kindergarten, Osaka, January 27, 2016.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Simulator of Atypical Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder,” NPO Childs, Osaka, January 16, 2016.
    [HP]

Non-Reviewed International Conferences

  • Takato Horii, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Ancestral sampling based on energy minimization in multimodal DBN for accurate emotion estimation from ambiguous human expressions,” The 3rd International Symposium on Cognitive Neuroscience Robotics: Toward Constructive Developmental Science, Osaka, Japan, December 11-13, 2016.
  • Jyh-Jong Hsieh, Yukie Nagai, Shinichiro Kumagaya, Satsuki Ayaya, and Minoru Asada, “Atypical auditory perception in autism spectrum disorder: Different patterns caused by environmental stimuli,” The 3rd International Symposium on Cognitive Neuroscience Robotics: Toward Constructive Developmental Science, Osaka, Japan, December 11-13, 2016.
  • Jorge Luis Copete, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “A predictive learning account of the mirror neuron system: how motor experience alters action perception,” The 3rd International Symposium on Cognitive Neuroscience Robotics: Toward Constructive Developmental Science, Osaka, Japan, December 11-13, 2016.
  • Konstantinos Theofilis, Jason Orlosky, Yukie Nagai, and Kiyoshi Kiyokawa, “Seeing the world through the iCub humanoid robot: How does it impact self awareness?,” The 3rd International Symposium on Cognitive Neuroscience Robotics: Toward Constructive Developmental Science, Osaka, Japan, December 11-13, 2016.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Cognitive development based on sensorimotor predictive learning,” Workshop “From Robotics to Cognitive Interaction and Beyond”, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany, March 21-22, 2016.
  • Jimmy Baraglia, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “A Developmental Robotics Approach for the Emergence of Pro-Social Behavior,” Workshop “From Robotics to Cognitive Interaction and Beyond”, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany, March 21-22, 2016.
  • Takato Horii, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Emotional Human-Robot Interaction via Multimodal Deep Belief Network,” Workshop “From Robotics to Cognitive Interaction and Beyond”, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany, March 21-22, 2016.
  • Jorge L. Copete, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Motor development facilitates the prediction of others’ actions through sensorimotor predictive learning,” Workshop “From Robotics to Cognitive Interaction and Beyond”, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany, March 21-22, 2016.
  • Jyh-Jong Hsieh, Yukie Nagai, Shinichiro Kumagaya, Satsuki Ayaya, and Minoru Asada, “Synthetic Approach to Investigate Atypical Auditory Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder,” Workshop “From Robotics to Cognitive Interaction and Beyond”, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany, March 21-22, 2016.
  • Konstantinos Theofilis, Jason Orlosky, Yukie Nagai, and Kiyoshi Kiyokawa, “Panoramic View Reconstruction for Mitigating Rendering Delay in Robot Teleoperation,” Workshop “From Robotics to Cognitive Interaction and Beyond”, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany, March 21-22, 2016.
  • Jimmy Baraglia, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “A Developmental Robotics Approach for the Emergence of Pro-Social Behavior,” The 2nd International Workshop on Cognitive Neuroscience Robotics, Osaka, Japan, February 21-22, 2016.
  • Takato Horii, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Emotional Human-Robot Interaction through Multimodal Restricted Boltzmann Machines,” The 2nd International Workshop on Cognitive Neuroscience Robotics, Osaka, Japan, February 21-22, 2016.

Non-Reviewed Domestic Conferences

  • Sho Aoki, Kuriko Kagitani-Shimono, Junko Matsuzaki, Yoko Kato, Ryuzo Hanaie, Aika Tatsumi, Tomoka Yamamoto, Koji Tominaga, Yukie Nagai, Ikuko Mohri, and Masako Taniike, “Atypical visual perception and differential responses in children with autism spectrum disorder,” in Proceedings of the 5th Symposium on Developmental Neuroscience, 17, November 26-27, 2016.
  • Junko Matsuzaki, Kuriko Kagitani-Shimono, Sho Aoki, Yoko Kato, Ryuzo Hanaie, Mariko Nakanishi, Aika Tatsumi, Tomoka Yamamoto, Koji Tominaga, Yukie Nagai, Ikuko Mohri, and Masako Taniike, “Atypical perception and differential responses to viedo stimuli in children with autism spectrum disorder,” in Proceedings of the 5th Symposium on Developmental Neuroscience, 18, November 26-27, 2016.
  • Yukie Nagai, Shibo Qin, Shinichiro Kumagaya, Satsuki Ayaya, and Minoru Asada, “Visual World of Autism Spectrum Disorder: Computational Model of Emergence Process and its Simulator,” in Proceedings of the 5th Symposium on Developmental Neuroscience, 49, November 26-27, 2016.
  • Jorge Luis Copete, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Computational model for the mechanism to predict others’ action goals through predictive learning of sensorimotor information,” in Proceedings of the 5th Symposium on Developmental Neuroscience, 50, November 26-27, 2016.
  • Junko Matsuzaki, Kuriko Kagitani-Shimono, Sho Aoki, Yoko Kato, Ryuzo Hanaie, Mariko Nakanishi, Aika Tatsumi, Tomoka Yamamoto, Koji Tominaga, Yukie Nagai, Ikuko Mohri, and Masako Taniike, “Differential responses to daily life movie task in autism spectrum disorder,” The 31st Annual Meeting of Japan Biomagnetism and Bioelectromagnetics Society, P01-002, June 9-10, 2016.
  • Takato Horii, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Multimodal Emotion Communication by using Restricted Boltzmann Machines,” in Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, 1O5-OS-22b-2, June 6-9, 2016.
    [HP]
  • Jorge L. Copete, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Modeling Development of Action Recognition in Synchrony with Development of Action Production,” in Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, 4H1-2, June 6-9, 2016. (JSAI Annual Conference Award)
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, Jorge L. Copete, and Minoru Asada, “Action Production Facilitates Action Perception through Sensorimotor Predictive Learning,” in Proceedings of the 16th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Baby Science, 74, May 21-22, 2016.
    [PDF]

2015

Articles in Journals

  • Hiroshi Fukuyama, Shibo Qin, Yasuhiro Kanakogi, Yukie Nagai, Minoru Asada, and Masako Myowa-Yamakoshi, “Infant’s action skill dynamically modulates parental action demonstration in the dyadic interaction,” Developmental Science, 18(6):1006–1013, November 2015.
    [HP]
  • Emre Ugur, Yukie Nagai, Erol Sahin, and Erhan Oztop, “Staged Development of Robot Skills: Behavior Formation, Affordance Learning and Imitation with Motionese,” IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development, 7(2):119-139, June 2015.
    [HP]
  • Emre Ugur, Yukie Nagai, Hande Celikkanat, and Erhan Oztop, “Parental scaffolding as a bootstrapping mechanism for learning grasp affordances and imitation skills,” Robotica, 33(5):1163-1180, June 2015.
    [HP]
  • Yuji Kawai, Yuji Oshima, Yuki Sasamoto, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “A model for syntactic development of children: Acquisition processes of syntactic categories reflecting structures of Japanese, English, and Chinese languages,” Cognitive Studies, 22(3):475-479, September 2015.
    [HP]

Peer-Reviewed International Conferences (Full Paper)

  • Lars Schillingmann and Yukie Nagai, “Yet Another Gaze Detector: An Embodied Calibration Free System for the iCub Robot,” in Proceedings of the 15th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 8-13, November 3-5, 2015.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai and Minoru Asada, “Predictive Learning of Sensorimotor Information as a Key for Cognitive Development,” in Proceedings of the IROS 2015 Workshop on Sensorimotor Contingencies for Robotics, October 2, 2015.
    [PDF]
  • Oskar Palinko, Alessandra Sciutti, Lars Schillingmann, Francesco Rea, Yukie Nagai, and Giulio Sandini, “Gaze Contingency in Turn-Taking for Human Robot Interaction: Advantages and Drawbacks,” in Proceedings of the 24th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 369-374, August 31-September 4, 2015.
    [PDF] [HP]
  • Jimmy Baraglia, Jorge L. Copete, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Motor Experience Alters Action Perception Through Predictive Learning of Sensorimotor Information,” in Proceedings of the 5th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics, 63-69, August 13-16, 2015. (Babybot Challenge 1st Place Award)
    [PDF] [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, Takakazu Moriwaki, and Minoru Asada, “Influence of Excitation/Inhibition Imbalance on Local Processing Bias in Autism Spectrum Disorder,” in Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 1685-1690, July 23-25, 2015.
    [PDF] [HP]
  • Lars Schillingmann, Joseph M. Burling, Hanako Yoshida, and Yukie Nagai, “Gaze is not Enough: Computational Analysis of Infant’s Head Movement Measures the Developing Response to Social Interaction,” in Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2104-2109, July 23-25, 2015.
    [PDF] [HP]

Peer-Reviewed International Conferences (Short Paper)

  • Joseph Burling, Yukie Nagai, and Hanako Yoshida, “Getting more from behavioral data: Computational approaches for exploring early visual experiences,” in Proceedings of the 9th Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, October 9-10, 2015.
  • Takato Horii, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Emotion Recognition and Generation through Multimodal Restricted Boltzmann Machines,” in Proceedings of the IROS 2015 Workshop on Grounding robot autonomy: Emotional and social interaction in robot behaviour, October 2, 2015.
    [PDF]
  • Emre Ugur, Jimmy Baraglia, Lars Schillingmann, and Yukie Nagai, “Use of speech and motion cues for bootstrapping complex action learning in iCub,” in Proceedings of the 5th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics, 84-85, August 13-16, 2015.
    [HP]
  • Konstantinos Theofilis and Yukie Nagai, “A model of multimodal synchronization for humanoids robots interacting with humans,” in Proceedings of the ICDL-EpiRob 2015 Workshop on Mechanisms of learning in social contexts, August 13, 2015.
  • Hiroyuki Kanda, Takaomi Kanda, Yukie Nagai, and Takashi Fujikado, “Image processing using a saliency map for a 49-channel retinal prosthesis,” in Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, May 3-7, 2015.
  • Yukie Nagai, “A Model of Infant Preference Based on Prediction Error: How does motor development influence on perception?,” in Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, March 19-21, 2015.
    [PDF] [POSTER]
  • Lars Schillingmann, Joseph Burling, Hanako Yoshida, and Yukie Nagai, “How do Infants Coordinate Head and Gaze?: Computational Analysis of Infant’s First Person View in Social Interactions,” in Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, March 19-21, 2015.
  • Alessandra Sciutti, Lars Schillingmann, Oskar Palinko, Yukie Nagai, and Giulio Sandini, “A Gaze-contingent Dictating Robot to Study Turn-taking,” in Proceedings of the 10th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, 137-138, March 2-5, 2015.
  • Jimmy Baraglia, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “State Prediction for Development of Helping Behavior in Robots,” in Proceedings of the HRI 2015 Workshop on Cognition: A Bridge between Robotics and Interaction, 11-12, March 2, 2015.
    [PDF]

Peer-Reviewed Domestic Conferences (Full Paper)

  • Yukie Nagai, Shibo Qin, Shinichiro Kumagaya, Satsuki Ayaya, and Minoru Asada, “Computational Analysis of Atypical Visual Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Application to Perception Simulator,” in Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cognitive Science Society, 32-40, September 18-20, 2015.
    [HP]

Tutorial and Review Papers

  • Yukie Nagai, “Cognitive Developmental Robotics toward Emergence of KANSEI in Robots,” Journal of Japan Society of Kansei Engineering, 13(4):195-199, December 2015.
    [HP] [PDF]

Books

  • Yukie Nagai, “Development of Social Cognitive Functions Based on Predictive Learning of Sensorimotor Information,” Social Brain Living with Robots (in Japanese), N. Osaka (Ed.), Shinyosha, 211-242, December 2015.
    [HP]

Invited Talks

  • Yukie Nagai, “How ASD sees the world: Computational approaches to understanding atypical perception,” International Workshop on Cognitive Development for Friendly Robots and Rehabilitation, Genoa, Italy, December 2-3, 2015.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Predictive Learning of Sensorimotor Information as a Key for Cognitive Development,” Humanoids 2015 Workshop on Towards Intelligent Social Robots – Current Advances in Cognitive Robotics, Seoul, Korea, November 3, 2015.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Predictive learning as a key for cognitive development: New insights from developmental robotics,” EAP CogSci 2015 Symposium on Cognitive Development and Architectures for Cognitive Robotics, Turin, Italy, September 25-27, 2015.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Emergence of self awareness in robot based on predictive learning,” ISSA Summer School, Kobe, Japan, August 10, 2015.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Predictive Learning of Sensorimotor Information as a Key for Cognitive Development,” ICAR 2015 Workshop on Robot Learning: Bottom-up and top-down development of robot skills, Istanbul, Turkey, July 31, 2015.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Predictive Learning of Sensorimotor Information as a Key for Cognitive Development,” Open Lecture on Cognitive Interaction Design, Kyoto Institute of Technology, July 12, 2015.
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  • Yukie Nagai, “Predictive Learning as a Key for Cognitive Development: New Insights from Developmental Robotics,” Workshop on Cognitive Science and Robotics: New Approaches to Human Cognition and Robotics, University of Houston, Houston, USA, March 23, 2015.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Prediction Error Minimization: An Underlying Mechanism for the Emergence of Behavioral Coordination,” HRI 2015 Workshop on Behavior Coordination between Animals, Humans and Robots, Portland, USA, March 2, 2015.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Simulator of Atypical Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder,” Handai-Asahi Nakanoshima Lecture Series, Nakanoshima Center, Osaka University, Osaka, December 19, 2015.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Simulator of Atypical Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder,” Kanto Tojisya Kenkyukai 2015 Summer, The University of Tokyo, August 9, 2015.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Simulator of Atypical Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder,” Experience of Atypical Visual Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder, The University of Tokyo, July 5, 2015.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Simulator of Atypical Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder,” Experience of Atypical Visual Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder, Grand Front Osaka, April 29, 2015.
    [HP]

Non-Reviewed International Conferences

  • Jimmy Baraglia, Yukie Nagai, Maya Cakmak, Rajesh Rao, and Minoru Asada, “Altruistic behavior in robots,” International Workshop on Cognitive Development for Friendly Robots and Rehabilitation, Genoa, Italy, December 2-3, 2015.
  • Takato Horii, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Emotion Recognition and Generation through Multimodal Restricted Boltzmann Machines,” International Workshop on Cognitive Development for Friendly Robots and Rehabilitation, Genoa, Italy, December 2-3, 2015.

Non-Reviewed Domestic Conferences

  • Jorge L. Copete, Jimmy Baraglia, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Influence of Action Production on Perception in Human Infants: A Computational Approach,” in Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan, 3G3-01, September 3-5, 2015.
  • Yukie Nagai and Minoru Asada, “Development of Infant Preference Based on Sensorimotor Prediction Error,” in Proceedings of the 15th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Baby Science, 93, June 27-28, 2015.
  • Takato Horii, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Dynamics estimation of the emotional change based on the time series analyzing by using nonparametric bayesian model,” in Proceedings of the 29th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, 2D3-OS-12b-4, May 30-June 2, 2015.
  • Takahiro Kuroki, Yukie Nagai, Takato Horii, Takashi Ikeda, Shinichiro Kumagaya, and Minoru Asada, “Assisting Autism Spectrum Disorder in Emotion Recognition Using Emotion-Congruent Colored Overlay,” in Proceedings of the 29th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, 4N1-1, May 30-June 2, 2015.
  • Jorge L. Copete, Junichi Suzuki, Quan Wei, Ryo Iwaki, Nobutsuna Endo, Hiroki Mori, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Estimation of Players’Actions in Soccer Matches Based On Deep Autoencoder,” in Proceedings of the 42nd Workshop on SIG Challenge, 7-12, May 3, 2015. (AI Award of the RoboCup Japan Open)
  • Hiroyuki Kanda, Takaomi Kanda, Yukie Nagai, Minoru Asada, and Takashi Fujikado, “Image processing using a saliency map for a retinal prosthesis,” in Proceedings of the 119th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Ophthalmological Society, April 16-19, 2015.
  • Yuji Kawai, Yuji Oshima, Yuki Sasamoto, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “A Bootstrap Model for Syntax in Infant Language Development,” in Proceedings of the 15th Winter Workshop on Mechanism of Brain and Mind, January 7-9, 2015.

Miscellaneous

  • Yukie Nagai, “A Computational Approach to Atypical Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder,” CITEC talk, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany, October 5, 2015.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Predictive Learning as a Key for Cognitive Development,” International Workshop on Cognitive Neuroscience Robotics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, March 6, 015.

2014

Peer-Reviewed International Conferences (Full Paper)

  • Takato Horii, Yukie Nagai, Lorenzo Natale, Francesco Giovannini, Giorgio Metta, and Minoru Asada, “Compensation of Tactile Hysteresis using Gaussian Process with Sensory Markov Property,” in Proceedings of the 14th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, ThuI2-2.16, November 2014.
    [PDF] [HP]
  • Yuji Kawai, Yuji Oshima, Yuki Sasamoto, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Computational model for syntactic development: Identifying how children learn to generalize nouns and verbs for different languages,” in Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics, 78-84, October 2014.
    [PDF] [HP]
  • Yuji Kawai, Minoru Asada, and Yukie Nagai, “A model for biological motion detection based on motor prediction in the dorsal premotor area,” in Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics, 241-247, October 2014.
    [PDF] [HP]
  • Jimmy Baraglia, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Prediction Error Minimization for Emergence of Altruistic Behavior,” in Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics, 273-278, October 2014.
    [PDF] [HP]
  • Jorge L. Copete, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Development of goal-directed gaze shift based on predictive learning,” in Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics, 334-339, October 2014.
    [PDF] [HP]
  • Jun-Cheol Park, Dae-Shik Kim, and Yukie Nagai, “Developmental Dynamics of RNNPB: New Insight about Infant Action Development,” in Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior, 144-153, July 2014.
    [PDF]

Peer-Reviewed International Conferences (Short Paper)

  • Takato Horii, Francesco Giovannini, Yukie Nagai, Lorenzo Natale, Giorgio Metta, and Minoru Asada, “Contact force estimation from flexible tactile sensor values considering hysteresis by Gaussian process,” in Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics, 102-103, October 2014.
    [PDF] [HP]
  • Shibo Qin, Yukie Nagai, Shinichiro Kumagaya, Satsuki Ayaya, and Minoru Asada, “Autism Simulator Employing Augmented Reality: A Prototype,” in Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics, 123-124, October 2014.
    [PDF] [HP]
  • Hiroyuki Kanda, Takaomi Kanda, Yukie Nagai, Minoru Asada, and Takashi Fujikado, “Feasibility of a Saliency Map for a 49-channel Retinal Prosthesis,” in Proceedings of the 8th The Eye and The Chip World Research Congress, 64, September 2014.
  • Takato Horii, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Toward analysis of emotional development using physiological and behavioral data,” in Proceedings of the HRI 2014 Workshop on HRI: A Bridge between Robotics and Neuroscience, 47-48, March 2014.
    [PDF]

Peer-Reviewed Domestic Conferences (Full Paper)

  • Yuji Kawai, Yuji Oshima, Yuki Sasamoto, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “A model for syntactic development of children: Acquisition processes of syntactic categories reflecting structures of Japanese, English, and Chinese languages,” in Proceedings of the 31st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cognitive Science Society, 126-133, September 2014. (Best Presentation Award)

Invited Talks

  • Yukie Nagai, “Predictive Learning as a Key for Cognitive Development,” International Workshop on Cognitive Neuroscience Robotics, Osaka, Japan, December 2014.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Predictive Learning as a Key for Cognitive Development: New Insight from Developmental Robotics,” Plymouth University CRNS Seminars, Plymouth, UK, October 2014.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Predictive Learning as a Key for Cognitive Development: New Insight from Developmental Robotics,” Heriot-Watt University’s MACS Computer Science Seminar Series, Edinburgh, UK, October 2014.
  • Yukie Nagai, “What can robotics teach us about infant development?: Contingency learning as a key for cognitive development,” Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany, July 2014.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Computational Methods to Analyze the Dynamics of Infant-Caregiver Interaction,” ICIS 2014 Pre-Conference on Head-Mounted Eye Tracking, Berlin, Germany, July 2014.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “An Interaction-Based Development of Human-Robot Joint Attention and Self/Other Cognition,” International Conference: Going Beyond the Laboratory – Ethical and Societal Challenges for Robotics, Delmenhorst, Germany, February 2014.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “What can robotics teach us about self-other recognition?,” CiNet Friday Lunchtime Seminar Series, CiNet, Osaka, Japan, January 2014.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Robotics Approach to Investigate Social Cognitive Development in Infants,” Seminar on “Cognitive Interaction Design”, Kyoto Institute of Technology, December 2014.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Abnormal Ability to Integrate Sensorimotor Information in Autism Spectrum Disorder,” Seminar at Molecular Research Center for Children’s Mental Development, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, October 2014.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Infant Cognitive Development Based on Predictive Learning: A Synthetic Approach,” The 14th K-Forum, Kayamori Foundation of Informational Science Advancement, Takayama, August 2014.
    [HP]

Non-Reviewed International Conferences

  • Takato Horii, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “A Probabilistic Approach to Analyze Temporal Change of Emotion,” ICIS Pre-Conference on Computational Models of Infant Development, July 2014.
  • Yuji Kawai, Yuji Oshima, Yuki Sasamoto, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “A Bayesian model for syntactic development: How do children generalize nouns and verbs in Japanese, English, and Chinese?,” ICIS Pre-Conference on Computational Models of Infant Development, July 2014.

Non-Reviewed Domestic Conferences

  • Takato Horii, Yukie Nagai, Francesco Giovannini, Lorenzo Natale, Giorgio Metta, Minoru Asada, “Estimation of Applied Force Using Gaussian Process with Sensory Markov Property of Flexible Tactile Sensors,” in Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan, 1P1-04, September 2014.
  • Yuji Kawai, Minoru Asada, Yukie Nagai, “A model for biological motion detection based on motor prediction in the dorsal premotor area,” Technical Report of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, 1-6, June 2014.
  • Takato Horii, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Estimating Emotion from Temporal Physiological Data Using Non-Parametric Bayesian Model -Toward Understanding of Emotional Development in Infants-,” in Proceedings of the 14th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Baby Science, 39, June 2014.
  • Yukie Nagai, Jorge L. Copete, and Minoru Asada, “Understanding Goal-Directed Action Based on Predictive Learning through Saliency-Based Attention,” in Proceedings of the 14th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Baby Science, 40, June 2014.
  • Yuji Oshima, Yuji Kawai, Yuki Sasamoto, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “A Developmental Model for Generalization of Nouns and Verbs Based on Differentiation of Syntactic Categories,” in Proceedings of the 14th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Baby Science, 74, June 2014.
  • Takato Horii, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “A Magnetic Type Tactile Sensor using Magnetorheological Elastomers,” in Proceedings of the JSME Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics, 1P1-X08, May 2014.
  • Takakazu Moriwaki, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “A Computational Model for Local Processing Bias in Autism Spectrum Disorders,” in Proceedings of the JSME Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics, 3P2-P05, May 2014.
  • Jorge L. Copete, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “A Computational Model of Early Development of Predictive Eye Movement,” in Proceedings of the JSME Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics, 3P2-P06, May 2014.
  • Takaomi Kanda, Hiroyuki Kanda, Yukie Nagai, Takashi Fujikado, and Minoru Asada, “The Role of Visual Saliency Model in Coordinative Eye and Hand Movement -Towards Applications to Retinal Prostheses-,” in Proceedings of the JSME Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics, 3P2-Q04, May 2014.
  • Yukie Nagai, “The Role of Tactile Interaction in Emotional Development: Insights from a Computational Study,” in Proceedings of the 25th Annual Meeting for the Japan Society of Developmental Psychology, 9, March 2014.

Miscellaneous

  • Yukie Nagai, “Contingency Learning as a Key for Cognitive Development,” CITEC talk, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany, July 2014.
  • Yukie Nagai, “What can Robotics Research Teach Us about Human Cognitive Development?,” CODEFROR Kickoff Meeting, Bielefeld University, Germany, March 2014.

2013

Peer-Reviewed International Conferences (Full Paper)

  • Emre Ugur, Yukie Nagai, and Erhan Oztop, “Affordance based imitation bootstrapping with motionese,” in Proceedings of the International Workshop on Developmental Social Robotics, 9-14, November 2013.
    [PDF]
  • Emre Ugur, Yukie Nagai, and Erhan Oztop, “Parental scaffolding as a bootstrapping mechanism for learning grasp affordances and imitation skills,” in Proceedings of the 22nd International Workshop on Robotics in Alpe-Adria-Danube Region, September 2013. (Best Paper Research Award)
    [PDF]
  • Takato Horii, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Touch and Emotion: Modeling of developmental differentiation of emotion lead by tactile dominance,” in Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics, August 2013.
    [PDF] [HP]
  • Jimmy Baraglia, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Action Understanding using an Adaptive Liquid State Machine based on Environmental Ambiguity,” in Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics, August 2013.
    [PDF] [HP]
  • Anja K. Philippsen, Kai A. Mismahl, Britta Wrede, and Yukie Nagai, “Cross-Cultural Recognition of Auditive Feedback Using Echo State Networks,” in Proceedings of 24. Konferenz zur Elektronischen Sprachsignalverarbeitung, March 2013.
    [PDF]

Peer-Reviewed International Conferences (Short Paper)

  • Joseph M. Burling, Hanako Yoshida, and Yukie Nagai, “The Significance of Social Input, Early Motion Experiences, and Attentional Selection,” in Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics, August 2013.
    [PDF] [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, Shibo Qin, Hiroshi Fukuyama, Masako Myowa-Yamakoshi, and Minoru Asada, “Fine-grained Analysis of Spatiotemporal Contingency in Infant-Caregiver Interaction,” in Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, April 2013.
    [PDF]

Books

  • Yuji Kawai, Jihoon Park, Takato Horii, Yuji Oshima, Kazuaki Tanaka, Hiroki Mori, Yukie Nagai, Takashi Takuma, and Minoru Asada, “Throwing Skill Optimization through Synchronization and Desynchronization of Degree of Freedom,” Lecture Notes in Computer Science, RoboCup 2012: Robot Soccer World Cup XVI, X. Chen, P. Stone, L. E. Sucar, and T. v. d. Zant (Eds.), Springer, 7500:178-189, 2013.
    [HP]

Invited Talks

  • Yukie Nagai, “Designing Teachable Robots: How to take multidimensionality of mind perception into account?,” IROS 2013 Workshop on Towards Social Humanoid Robots: What makes interaction human-like?, Tokyo, Japan, November 2013.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Contingency as a key for cognitive development: From self-other recognition to joint attention,” IROS 2013 Workshop on Cognitive Robotics Systems: Replicating Human Actions and Activities, Tokyo, Japan, November 2013.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Development of Self through Other: Emergence of Mirror Neuron System and Social Interaction,” RobotDoc International Conference on Development of Cognition, Osaka, Japan, August 2013.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Developmental Robotics to Investigate Interpersonal Coordination,” CogSci 2013 Workshop on Embodied Approaches to Interpersonal Coordination: Infants, Adults, Robots, and Agents, Berlin, Germany, July 2013.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “How social interaction shapes the way robots learn,” HRI 2013 Workshop on Collaborative Manipulation: New Challenges for Robotics and HRI, Tokyo, Japan, March 2013.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “What Connect Self and Other: Mirror Neuron System and Social Contingency,” JPA 2013 Symposium on Interdisciplinary Research on Connecting Mind, Sapporo, Japan, September 2013.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Development of Self-Other Recognition Based on Contingency: Constructive and Analytical Approach,” Hominization, Primate Research Institute Kyoto University, Japan, March 2013.
    [HP]

Non-Reviewed Domestic Conferences

  • Hiroshi Fukuyama, Shibo Qin, Yukie Nagai, Minoru Asada, Masako Myowa-Yamakoshi, “Influence of Infants’ Object Manipulation on Caregivers’ Behavior: Analysis using 3D motion tracking,” in Proceedings of the 77th Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association, 962, September 2013.
  • Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Yukie Nagai, Yukuo Konishi, Masako Myowa-Yamakoshi, Shinichiro Kumagaya, “Constructive Developmental Science: Revealing the Principles of Development from Fetal Period and Systematic Understanding of Developmental Disorders,” in Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan, 1P1-01, September 2013.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Modeling of Social Cognitive Development and Designing of Support Systems for Developmental Disorders,” in Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan, 1P1-04, September 2013.
  • Yukie Nagai, Michiko Miyazaki, Hideyuki Takahashi, “Development of Self-Other Recognition in Infants Supported by Mind Perception of Caregivers: Behavioral Approach in Constructive Developmental Science,” in Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan, 1P3-03, September 2013.
  • Takato Horii, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Differentiation of Emotion based on Multimodal Integration with Tactile Dominance in Infancy,” in Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan, 1P3-04, September 2013.
  • Lars Schillingmann, Matthias Rolf, Shinichiro Kumagaya, Satsuki Ayaya, and Yukie Nagai, “Assistance for Autistic People by Segmenting and Highlighting Cross-Modal Perceptual Information,” in Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan, 2S2-04, September 2013.
  • Yuji Kawai, Minoru Asada, and Yukie Nagai, “A Computational Model for Neonatal Perception of Biological Motion: Acquisition of Motion Invariance through Motor Development,” in Proceedings of the 13th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Baby Science, 33, May 2013.
  • Takato Horii, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Developmental Model of Emotion Based on Tactile Dominance in Infancy,” in Proceedings of the 13th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Baby Science, 55, May 2013.
  • Jimmy Baraglia, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “I know what you are doing: A spiking neural architecture for action understanding,” in Proceedings of the 13th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Baby Science, 71, May 2013.

Miscellaneous

  • Yukie Nagai, “Sensorimotor Integration is a Core for Social Development,” International Workshop on Cognition for Friendly Robots, Italian Institute of Technology, Italy, December 2013.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Discovering Self through Other: New Insights from Cognitive Developmental Robotics,” The 5th Symposium on Cognitive Neuroscience Robotics, Global COE of Osaka University “Center of Human-friendly Robotics Based on Cognitive Neuroscience”, August 2013.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Mesuring Information Transfer within and between Infant and Caregiver,” International Symposium on Cognitive Neuroscience Robotics, University of Washington, USA, January 2013.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Contingency as a key for development: Analysis and modeling of self-other contingency,” Osaka-Tamagawa Global COE Joint Workshop, January 2013.

2012

Peer-Reviewed International Conferences (Full Paper)

  • Yukie Nagai, Akiko Nakatani, Shibo Qin, Hiroshi Fukuyama, Masako Myowa-Yamakoshi, and Minoru Asada, “Co-Development of Information Transfer within and between Infant and Caregiver,” in Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics, November 2012.
    [PDF] [HP]
  • Minoru Asada, Yukie Nagai, and Hisashi Ishihara, “Why not artificial sympathy?,” in Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Robotics, 278-287, October 2012.
    [PDF]
  • Yuji Kawai, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Perceptual Development Triggered by its Self-Organization in Cognitive Learning,” in Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 5159-5164, October 2012.
    [PDF] [HP]
  • Yuji Kawai, Jihoon Park, Takato Horii, Yuji Oshima, Kazuaki Tanaka, Hiroki Mori, Yukie Nagai, Takashi Takuma, and Minoru Asada, “Throwing Skill Optimization through Synchronization and Desynchronization of Degree of Freedom,” in Proceedings of the 16th Annual RoboCup International Symposium, June 2012. (Research Award of the RoboCup Japan Open, Best Paper Award Finalist)
    [PDF]

Peer-Reviewed International Conferences (Short Paper)

  • Jimmy Baraglia, Yukie Nagai, Yuji Kawai, and Minoru Asada, “The Role of Temporal Variance in Motions for the Emergence of Mirror Neurons Systems,” in Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics, November 2012.
    [PDF] [HP]

Invited Talks

  • Yukie Nagai, “Can Robots Learn to Communicate like Infants?,” Houston University, Houston, TX, USA, November 2012.
  • Yukie Nagai, “The Importance of Starting Small in Robot Learning: Lessons from Human Intelligence,” The 15th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence: Methodology, Systems, Applications, Varna, Bulgaria, September 2012.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “How Interaction Shapes the Way Robots Learn,” AIMSA 2012 Workshop on Advances in Robot Learning and Human-Robot Interaction, Varna, Bulgaria, September 2012.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Robots That Learn to Communicate with Humans,” Workshop on Intelligent Human-Machine Collaboration, The National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC, USA, June 2012.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Reading Intentions from Motionese: Analyzing and Designing Caregiver-Infant Interaction,” Workshop on “Reading intentions: From children to robots,” Lund, Sweden, March 2012.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Mutual Shaping between Caregivers’ Scaffolding and Infants’ Development: New Insights from Cognitive Developmental Robotics,” The 12th Winter Workshop on Mechanism of Brain and Mind, Rusutsu Resort Hotel, Hokkaido, Japan, January 2012.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “Cognitive Developmental Robotics: What can roboticists learn from human development?,” Lecture at Chiba Institute of Technology, Chiba, Japan, December 2012.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Emergence of Mirror Neuron System: A New Approach from Cognitive Developmental Robotics,” The 12th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Baby Science: Round Table “From Intersubjectivity to Self-Other Recognition in Infants”, June 2012.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Exaggerations of Caregivers’ Actions Assist Infants in Integrating Information,” The 3rd Workshop of Informatics on Embodiment, Osaka University, March 2012.

Non-Reviewed Domestic Conferences

  • Shibo Qin, Yukie Nagai, Akiko Nakatani, Hiroshi Fukuyama, Masako Myowa-Yamakoshi, and Minoru Asada, “Understanding Information Transfer in Caregiver-Infant Interaction,” in Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan, 4N2-5, September 2012.
  • Yukie Nagai, Akiko Nakatani, Hiroshi Fukuyama, Masako Myowa-Yamakoshi, and Minoru Asada, “Information Flow between Caregiver and Infant Measured by Transfer Entropy,” in Proceedings of the 12th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Baby Science, 69, June 2012. (Best Poster Presentation Award)
  • Yuji Kawai, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Maturational Constraints Lifted by Self-Organization in Perceptual Space for Cognitive Learning,” in Proceedings of the JSME Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics, 2A1-M11, May 2012.
  • Jihoon Park, Yuji Kawai, Takato Horii, Yuji Oshima, Kazuaki Tanaka, Hiroki Mori, Yukie Nagai, Takashi Takuma, and Minoru Asada, “Differentiation within Coordination in Acquisition of Skilled Throwing,” in Proceedings of the 35th Workshop on SIG Challenge, May 2012. (SAI SIG Research Award, AI Award of the RoboCup Japan Open)

Miscellaneous

  • Yukie Nagai, “A Developmental Origin of the Mirror Neuron System,” in Proceedings of the IIAS Research Conference “Evolutionary Origins of Human Mind”, December 2012.
    [PDF]
  • Hiroshi Fukuyama, Shibo Qin, Akiko Nakatani, Yukie Nagai, Minoru Asada, and Masako Myowa-Yamakoshi, “The interactive relationship between parental action and infant object manipulation,” in Proceedings of the IIAS Research Conference “Evolutionary Origins of Human Mind”, December 2012.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Understanding Humans through Robots,” Workshop on Robot Anthropology, Bielefeld University, Germany, August 2012.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Cognitive Developmental Robotics: How do we learn to communicate with others?,” Workshop on Cognitive Neuroscience Robotics, Italian Institute of Technology, Italy, March 2012.

2011

Peer-Reviewed International Conferences (Full Paper)

  • Emre Ugur, Hande Celikkanat, Erol Sahin, Yukie Nagai, and Erhan Oztop, “Learning to Grasp with Parental Scaffolding,” in Proceedings of the 11th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 480-486, October 2011.
    [PDF] [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, Yuji Kawai, and Minoru Asada, “Emergence of Mirror Neuron System: Immature vision leads to self-other correspondence,” in Proceedings of the 1st Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics, August 2011.
    [PDF] [HP]
  • Marc Kammer, Marko Tscherepanow, Thomas Schack, and Yukie Nagai, “A Perceptual Memory System for Affordance Learning in Humanoid Robots,” in T. Honkela, W. Duch, M. A. Girolami, and S. Kaski, editors, International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 6792:349-356, June 2011.
    [PDF]
  • Go Tanaka, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Bottom-up Attention Improves Action Recognition Using Histograms of Oriented Gradients,” in Proceedings of the 12th IAPR Conference on Machine Vision Applications, 467-470, June 2011.
    [PDF]

Peer-Reviewed International Conferences (Short Paper)

  • Marc Kammer, Thomas Schack, Marko Tscherepanow, and Yukie Nagai, “From Affordances to Situated Affordances in Robotics – Why Context is Important,” in Proceedings of the 1st Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics, August 2011.
    [HP]

Invited Talks

  • Yukie Nagai, “What Should Robots Learn from Caregiver-Infant Interaction?,” ShanghAI Lecture, October 2011.
    [HP]
  • Yukie Nagai, “The Role of Maturational Constraints in Infant Development,” AGAI Club, Bielefeld University, Germany, June 2011.
  • Yukie Nagai, “My Research Stay in Bielefeld,” Forschungsförderung im deutsch-japanischen Austausch, Japan Week, Bielefeld University, Germany, June 2011.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Researchers’ Life in Osaka,” All about Osaka University, Japan Week, Bielefeld University, Germany, June 2011.
  • Yukie Nagai, “The Importance of Maturational Constraints in Cognitive Development: A Synthetic Approach,” The 66th IEEE Kansai Section Lecture Meeting, Kyoto University, December 2011.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Robotics Approach to Infant Cognitive Development,” The 79th Lecture on Child Science, Konan Women’s University, November 2011.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Cognitive Developmental Robotics: Investigating mysteries of human from robotics,” Lecture at Chiba Institute of Technology, Chiba, Japan, June 2011.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Rethinking of Infant Development Inspired by Human-Robot Interaction,” The 11th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Baby Science, Gifu, Jaoan, May 2011.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Robotics that investigates humans,” The 13th Tokimeki Seminar, Osaka, March 2011.

Non-Reviewed International Conferences

  • Yukie Nagai, “The Importance of Maturational Constraints in Learning Assisted by Caregivers,” The 1st Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics: Special Session on “How Can Human Scaffolding Support Robots Learning?”, August 2011.
  • Yuji Kawai, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Self-other confusion caused by undifferentiated visual perception: A clue to the understanding of others’ actions,” International Workshop for Young Researchers “Knowing self, knowing others”, January 2011.

Non-Reviewed Domestic Conferences

  • Yukie Nagai, “Information Segmentation and Structuring in Caregiver-Infant Interaction,” The 75th Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association, September 2011.
  • Yukie Nagai, “The Origin and Role of Motionese: Investigating Scaffolding from Robotics,” in Proceedings of the 29th Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan, 1A2-6, September 2011.
    [PDF]
  • Yuji Kawai, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Development of Mirror Neuron System Led by Visual Development,” in Proceedings of the 29th Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan, 1A3-2, September 2011.
    [PDF]
  • Yuki Fukushima, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Discrimination of Goal- vs. Path-Oriented Actions Using Temporal Saliency for Attentional Location,” in Proceedings of the 29th Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan, 1A3-4, September 2011.
    [PDF]
  • Yuji Kawai, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Visual Development Leads to the Ability to Understand Others’ Actions,” in Proceedings of the 11th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Baby Science, 56, May 2011.
  • Hiroshi Atsuta, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, “Importance of Starting Small with a Child-like Robotic Hand,” in Proceedings of the 11th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Baby Science, 85, May 2011.

Miscellaneous

  • Yukie Nagai, “International Education and Research Center Opened Up by Young Researchers,” The 4th Symposium on Cognitive Neuroscience Robotics, Global COE of Osaka University “Center of Human-friendly Robotics Based on Cognitive Neuroscience”, May 2011.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Learning to Communicate: Can robotics approaches offer new insight into infant development?,” Osaka-UW Workshop, University of Washington, USA, March 2011.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Learning to Communicate: Can robotics approaches offer new insight into infant development?,” Osaka-UCSD Workshop, UC San Diego, USA, March 2011.
  • Yukie Nagai, “Learning to Communicate: Constructivist approach to infant development,” Guest Talk at INRIA, Bordeaux, France, March 2011.
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