An interdisciplinary overview of developmental indices and behavioral measures of the minimal self

Abstract

In this review paper we discuss the development of the minimal self in humans, the behavioural measures indicating the presence of different aspects of the minimal self, namely, body ownership and sense of agency, and also discuss robotics research investigating and developing these concepts in artificial agents. We investigate possible avenues for expanding the research in robotics to further explore the development of an artificial minimal self.

Accepted for presentation at the 9th IEEE Joint International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics (IEEE ICDL-EpiRob), August 2019, Oslo, Norway. To appear in the conference proceedings. https://icdl-epirob2019.org/