We offer a formal treatment of choice behavior based on the premise that agents minimize the
expected free energy of future outcomes. Crucially, the negative free energy or quality of a …

Creating autonomous robots that can actively explore the environment, acquire knowledge
and learn skills continuously is the ultimate achievement envisioned in cognitive and …

Vision gives primates a wealth of information useful to manipulate the environment, but at
the same time it can easily overwhelm their computational resources. Active vision is a key …

We offer a computational model of gaze planning during reading that consists of two main
components: a lexical representation network, acquiring lexical representations from input …

Non-pharmacological behavioral addictions, such as pathological gambling, videogaming,
social networking, or internet use, are becoming major public health concerns. It is not yet …

One of the defining characteristics of human cognition is our outstanding capacity to
cooperate. A central requirement for cooperation is the ability to establish a “shared plan”-which …

Social media have become an integral part of our lives, expanding our interlinking capabilities
to new levels. There is plenty to be said about their positive effects. On the other hand, …

We have designed a machine that becomes increasingly better at behaving in underspecified
circumstances, in a goal-directed way, on the job, by modeling itself and its environment …

Directing robot attention to recognise activities and to anticipate events like goal-directed
actions is a crucial skill for human-robot interaction. Unfortunately, issues like intrinsic time …

Social media has become an important part of adolescents’ lives, with an increasing number
of teenagers spending a great part of their time creating, sharing, and socializing with …