Modelling complex perception-action choices

Characterising Driver Intention via Hierarchical Perception-Action Modelling

We seek a mechanism for the classification of the intentional behaviour of a cognitive agent, specifically a driver, in terms of a psychological Perception-Action (P-A) model, such that the resulting system would be potentially suitable for use in intelligent driver assistance. P-A models of human intentionality assume that a cognitive agent’s perceptual domain is learned in response to the out...

Physiological modelling of cochlear nucleus responses-perception of complex sounds

Action perception predicts action performance.

Everyday action impairments often are observed in demented older adults, and they are common potential barriers to functional independence. We evaluated whether the ability to segment and efficiently encode activities is related to the ability to execute activities. Further, we evaluated whether brain regions important for segmentation also were important for action performance. Cognitively hea...

Memory controls time perception and intertemporal choices

There is a consensus that human and non-human subjects experience temporal distortions in many stages of their perceptual and decisionmaking systems. Similarly, intertemporal choice research has shown that decision-makers undervalue future outcomes relative to immediate ones. Here we combine techniques from information theory and artificial intelligence to show how both temporal distortions and...

Memory shapes time perception and intertemporal choices

There is a consensus that human and non-human subjects experience temporal distortions in many stages of their perceptual and decisionmaking systems. Similarly, intertemporal choice research has shown that decision-makers undervalue future outcomes relative to immediate ones. Here we combine techniques from information theory and artificial intelligence to show how both temporal distortions and...