arXiv:2504.17939q-bio.NCcs.LG2025-04

用神经网络模拟婴儿如何通过动作感知结果,理解早期学习机制。

A computational model of infant sensorimotor exploration in the mobile paradigm

  • 构建含预测与探索机制的神经模型,模拟婴儿动作学习。
  • 模型复现了婴儿偏爱移动连接肢体的经典现象。
  • 揭示动作结果预测等机制对婴儿学习的关键作用。

我们提出一个计算模型,用于解释婴儿在“移动装置实验”中行为的形成机制。该实验中,悬挂在婴儿床上方的可动装置通过绳索连接至婴儿肢体,促使婴儿更频繁地移动该肢体。这种对动作与感官结果之间关联的察觉,被视为认知发展的基础能力。模型整合了神经网络、动作-结果预测、探索行为、运动噪声、偏好活动水平及生物启发式运动控制。仿真结果显示,模型能复现文献中的经典发现:婴儿更倾向于移动被连接的肢体。有趣的是,模型在装置断开后偶尔出现短暂运动爆发,与婴儿中的类似观察一致。此外,模型成功再现了两项近期研究的数据,其中连接方式为渐进或全有或全无。一系列消融实验表明,动作-结果预测、探索、运动噪声及生物启发控制机制对于准确复现婴儿行为至关重要,暗示这些成分可能在真实婴儿学习中也起关键作用。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

We present a computational model of the mechanisms that may determine infant behavior in the "mobile paradigm". This paradigm has been used in developmental psychology to explore how infants learn the sensory effects of their actions. In this paradigm, a mobile (an articulated and movable object hanging above an infant's crib) is connected to one of the infant's limbs, prompting the infant to preferentially move that "connected" limb. This ability to detect a "sensorimotor contingency" is considered to be a foundational cognitive ability in development. To understand how infants learn sensorimotor contingencies, we built a model that attempts to replicate infant behavior. Our model incorporates a neural network, action-outcome prediction, exploration, motor noise, preferred activity level, and biologically inspired motor control. We find that simulations with our model replicate the classic findings in the literature showing preferential movement of the connected limb. An interesting observation is that the model sometimes exhibits a burst of movement after the mobile is disconnected, shedding light on a similar occasional finding in infants. In addition to these general findings, the simulations also replicate data from two recent more detailed studies using a connection with the mobile that was either gradual or all-or-none. A series of ablation studies further shows that the inclusion of mechanisms of action-outcome prediction, exploration, motor noise, and biologically inspired motor control was essential for the model to correctly replicate infant behavior. This suggests that these components are also involved in infant sensorimotor learning.

发育心理学动作学习神经网络婴儿行为

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