Habituation, a non-associative learning widely observed across phylogeny, is fundamental for adaptation and, thus, survival of living organisms. This paper investigates the main characteristics of habituation in order to present three new computational models inspired by habituation. We develop these models as part of the Iterant Deformable Sensorimotor Medium (IDSM), a recently developed abstract model of behavior formation. The characteristics of these models are studied and analyzed. Our long-term objective is to research new unsupervised learning mechanisms for artificial learning agents.
Sensitization, a non-associative learning widely observed across phylogeny, is fundamental for adaptation and, thus, survival of living organisms. This paper investigates one form of sensitization, namely pseudo-conditioning, in order to present a new computational model inspired by its characteristics. We develop this model as part of the Iterant Deformable Sensorimotor Medium (IDSM), a recently developed abstract model of sensorimotor behavior formation. The characteristics of the presented model are studied and analyzed in the light of our long term objective of investigating new unsupervised learning mechanisms for artificial autonomous agents.
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