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1999 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Bilateral control and visual perception in man and robot

Research Project

Project/Area Number 09044189
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B).

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Intelligent informatics
Research InstitutionKansai University

Principal Investigator

COOK N.D.  Kansai University, Faculty of Informatics, Professor, 総合情報学部, 教授 (00268319)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) HAYASHI Takefumi  Kansai University, Faculty of Informatics, Associate Professor, 総合情報学部, 助教授 (90268326)
INUI Toshio  Kyoto University, Graduate School of Informatics, Professor, 大学院・情報学研究科, 教授 (30107015)
Project Period (FY) 1997 – 1999
KeywordsIntelligent Robot / Bilateral Control / Human Vision / Neural Network / Cognitive Psychology / Neurological Psychology / Visual Cognition
Research Abstract

The purpose of this research is to clarify the functions of the left and right cerebral hemispheres in object recognition and in motor control, and try to apply those functions, in a bilateral robot. We have developed a bilateral simulation models and a bilateral robots.
In a simulation of certain basic properties of human consciousness, we have devise a mechanism for the bilaterally-symmetrical activation of bilaterally-asymmetrical neural networks. The simulation is designed such that two semi-autonomous "cerebral hemispheres" process sensory information and collaborate across a "corpus callosum" to produce motor output in an object recognition task. The activation of appropriate verbal labels is achieved in two steps. The first is bilateral, Mexican hat-like activation of labeled maps ; the topology of excitation and inhibition being a function of the relative location of learned labels on the maps. The second step is an inhibitory ipsilateral activation. These step produce asymmetrical activation of the maps, corresponding to a nuclear focus of conscious attention sad a "fringe" of peripheral awareness. The decision for object-naming depends on the total activation of the bilateral net.
In light of these results, we plan to use bilateral neural network in navigation tasks and other robot tasks.

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All Publications (12 results)

  • [Publications] Norman D. Cook: "Simulating Consciousness in a Bilateral Neural Network : "Nuclear" and "Fringe" Awareness"Consciousness and Cognition. 8. 62-93 (1999)

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  • [Publications] N. Asakura and T. Inui: "Computational analysis of disparity modulation sensitivity : an explanation in terms of a Basian surface reconstruction"Vision Research. 39. 1881-1887 (1999)

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  • [Publications] 林武文、深谷賢、乾敏郎: "運動視差による面再構成過程の心理的検討(II)"電子情報通信学会技術研究報告. HIP99-15. 43-48 (1999)

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  • [Publications] Christoph M. Michel, Margitta Seeck, and Theodor Landis: "Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Human Cognition"News Physiological Science. 14. 206-214 (1999)

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  • [Publications] Rolf Pfeifer: "Dynamics, Morphology, and Materials in The Emergence of Cognition"Technical Report of IFI. 99-05. 1-18 (1999)

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  • [Publications] 仁科繁明、乾 敏郎: "外観表現とイメージ操作による三次元物体認知"認知科学. 6(4). 432-443 (1999)

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  • [Publications] N. D. Cook: "Simulating Consciousness in a Bilateral Neural Network : "Nuclear" and "Fringe" Awareness"Consciousness and Cognition. 8. 62-93 (1999)

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  • [Publications] N. Asakura, T. Inui: "Computational analysis of disparity modulation sensitivity : an explanation in terms of a Bayesian surface reconstruction"Vision Research. 39. 1881-1887 (1999)

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  • [Publications] T. Hayashi, K. Fukaya and T. Inui: "Experimental Analysis of Surface Reconstruction from Motion Parallax, Part II"Technical Report of Ieice (in Japanese). Hip99-15. 43-48 (1999)

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  • [Publications] C. M. Michel, M. Seeck and T. Landis: "Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Human Cognition"News Physiol. Sci.. 14. 206-214 (1999)

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  • [Publications] R. Pfeifer: "Dynamics, Morphology, and Materials in The Emergence of Cognition"Technical Report of IFI. 99-05. 1-18

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  • [Publications] S. Nishina and T. Inui: "3-Dimension Object Recognition Based on Viewbased Representation and Image Transformation"Cognitive Studies (in Japanese). 6(4). 432-443 (1999)

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