Object-Oriented Drawings
Moira R Dillon
2020 Invited Talk + Q&A
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Workshop: Object-Oriented Learning: Perception, Representation, and Reasoning
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Workshop: Object-Oriented Learning: Perception, Representation, and Reasoning
Abstract
Objects elicit attention in many everyday contexts, even from infancy. Objects also serve as the referents for humans’ earliest symbolic learning: language. In this talk, I’ll present my lab’s recent work with young children suggesting that objects are also prioritized in another early emerging and uniquely human symbolic expression: drawing. I’ll conclude my talk by suggesting that researchers interested in artificial intelligence may look for inspiration in human intelligence, especially when it comes to the way that humans attend to and represent objects.
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Moira R Dillon
Moira R. Dillon, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at New York University and directs the Lab for the Developing Mind. Her work uses cognitive, developmental, and computational approaches to gain insight into the origin of abstract thought. A central thrust of her work concerns the development of human geometry, from the basic spatial sensitivities of infants, to the untutored use of spatial symbols and language by children, to the high-level spatial concepts of adults. Her work also explores how basic mechanisms of perception and cognition about objects, agents, and places might shape the products of human culture.
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