Fronto-parietal coding of goal-directed actions performed by artificial agents.

ABSTRACT: With advances in technology, artificial agents such as humanoid robots will soon become a part of our daily lives. For safe and intuitive collaboration, it is important to understand the goals behind their motor actions. In humans, this process is mediated by changes in activity in fronto-parietal brain areas. The extent to which these areas are activated when observing artificial agents indicates the naturalness and easiness of interaction. Previous studies indicated that fronto-parietal activity does not depend on whether the agent is human or artificial. However, it is unknown whether this activity is modulated by observing grasping (self-related action) and pointing actions (other-related action) performed by an artificial agent depending on the action goal. Therefore, we designed an e

SUBMITTER: Kupferberg A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6866499 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature