Gaze-Following and Awareness of Visual Perspective in Chimpanzees

Abstract

Recent research suggests that chimpanzees are capable of level 1 perspective taking (Flavell, 1992), but that its expression is limited to situations of increased competition (Brauer, Call, & Tomasello, 2007). We present a model utilizing gaze-following that learns in response to the behavior of a competitor. The model not only learns the proper application of the perspective taking strategy but also the critical spatial characteristics that influence the competitive pressure.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA507834

Entities

People

  • Anthony M. Harrison
  • J. Gregory Trafton

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Animal Behavior
  • Animals
  • Chimpanzees
  • Classification
  • Environment
  • Hit Probabilities
  • Intelligent Agents
  • Learning
  • Military Research
  • Probability
  • Production
  • Psychological Theory
  • Reinforcement Learning
  • Simulations
  • Target Classification
  • Targets

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

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