Publications
(of Marco Mirolli)
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Edited volumes
- Baldassarre Gianluca, Mirolli Marco (in press): Intrinsically Motivated Learning in Natural and Artificial Systems, Berlin: Springer Verlag.
doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-32375-1 - Baldassarre Gianluca, Mirolli Marco (in press): Computational and Robotic Models of the Hierarchical Organization of Behavior, Berlin: Springer Verlag.
doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-01250-1
Journals
- Mirolli Marco, Santucci Vieri, Baldassarre Gianluca (2013): Phasic dopamine as a prediction error signal of intrinsic and extrinsic reinforcements: A computational model, Neural Networks, 39: 40-51
doi: dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neunet.2012.12.012 - Baldassarre Gianluca, Mannella Francesco, Fiore Vincenzo G., Redgrave Peter, Gurney Kevin, Mirolli Marco (2013): Intrinsically motivated action-outcome learning and goal-based action recall: A system-level bio-constrained computational model, Neural Networks, 41: 168-187
doi: 10.1016/j.neunet.2012.09.015 - Chersi Fabian, Mirolli Marco, Pezzulo Giovanni, Baldassarre Gianluca (2013): A spiking neuron model of the cortico-basal ganglia circuits for goal-directed and habitual action learning, Neural Networks, 41: 212-224
doi: 10.1016/j.neunet.2012.11.009 - Mirolli Marco (2012): Representations in Dynamical Embodied Agents: Re-Analyzing a Minimally Cognitive Model Agent, Cognitive Science, 36: 870-895.
doi: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2012.01233.x - Taffoni Fabrizio, Vespignani Massimo, Formica Domenico, Cavallo Giuseppe, Polizzi di Sorrentino Eugenia, Sabbatini Gloria, Truppa Valentina, Mirolli Marco, Baldassarre Gianluca, Visalberghi Elisabetta, Keller Flavio, Guglielmelli Eugenio (2012): A mechatronic platform for behavioral analysis on nonhuman primates, Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, 11(1): 87-101.
doi: 10.1142/S0219635212500069 - Mirolli Marco, Parisi Domenico (2011): La società nella mente (attraverso il linguaggio), Sistemi Intelligenti, 2: 309-317 (Italian).
doi: 10.1422/35357 - Mirolli Marco, Parisi Domenico (2011): Towards a Vygotskyan Cognitive Robotics: The Role of Language as a Cognitive Tool, New Ideas in Psychology, 29: 298-311.
doi: 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2009.07.001 - Mirolli Marco, Tomassino Ferrauto, Stefano Nolfi (2010): Categorisation through Evidence Accumulation in an Active Vision System, Connection Science, 22(4): 331-354.
doi: 10.1080/09540091.2010.505976 - Mirolli Marco, Mannella Francesco, Baldassarre Gianluca (2010): The Roles of The Amygdala in the Affective Regulation of Body, Brain, and Behaviour, Connection Science, 22(3): 215-245.
doi: 10.1080/09540091003682553 - Baldassarre Gianluca, Mirolli Marco (2010): What are the Key Open Challenges for Understanding Autonomous Cumulative Learning of Skills?, Autonomous Mental Development Newsletter, 7(2): 2-9 (target column with commentaries and response).
- Mirolli Marco, Parisi Domenico (2009): Language as a Cognitive Tool, Minds and Machines, 19(4): 517-528.
doi: 10.1007/s11023-009-9174-2 - Mirolli Marco, Parisi Domenico (2008): How producer biases can favor the evolution of communication: An analysis of evolutionary dynamics, Adaptive Behavior, 16(1): 27-52.
doi: 10.1177/1059712307087597 - Mirolli Marco (2006) Vita artificiale e linguaggio, Sistemi Intelligenti, 1: 133-142 (Italian).
doi: 10.1422/21798 - Baldassarre Gianluca, Marocco Davide, Mirolli Marco (2006): La via italiana alla vita artificiale, Sistemi Intelligenti, 1: 3-6 (Italian).
doi: 10.1422/21783 - Mirolli Marco, Parisi Domenico (2005): How can we explain the emergence of a language that benefits the hearer but not the speaker? Connection Science, 17(3-4): 307-324.
doi: 10.1080/09540090500177539 - Mirolli Marco (2002): A naturalistic perspective on intentionality. Interview with Daniel Dennett, Mind & Society, 6 (3): 1-12.
doi: 10.1007/BF02513145
Book chapters and Conference Proceedings
- Santucci Vieri Giuliano, Baldassarre Gianluca, Mirolli Marco (2010): Biological cumulative learning requires intrinsic motivation: A simulated robotic study on the development of visually-guided reaching. In Johansson Birger, Sahin Erol and Balkenius Christian (Eds.): Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics (EpiRob2010). Lund, Lund University Cognitive Studies (149)
- Caligiore Daniele, Mirolli Marco, Parisi Domenico, Baldassarre Gianluca (2010): A Bioinspired Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning Architecture for Modeling Learning of Multiple Skills with Continuous States and Actions. In Johansson Birger, Sahin Erol and Balkenius Christian (Eds.): Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics (EpiRob2010). Lund, Lund University Cognitive Studies (149)
- Mannella Francesco, Mirolli Marco, Baldassarre Gianluca (2010): The interplay of pavlovian and instrumental processes in devaluation experiments: a computational embodied neuroscience model tested with a simulated rat. In Tosh C.R. and Ruxton G.D. (Eds.): Modelling Perception with Artificial Neural Networks. Cambridge, Cambridge University press: 93-113
- Mirolli Marco, Nolfi Stefano (2010): Evolving communication in embodied agents: Theory, Methods, and Evaluation. In Nolfi S. and Mirolli M. (Eds.): Evolution of Communication and Language in Embodied and Situated Agents. Berlin, Springer Verlag: 105-121
- Mirolli Marco, Parisi Domenico (2010): Producer Biases and Kin Selection in the Evolution of Communication: How the Phylogenetic and the Adaptive Problems of Communication can be solved. In Nolfi S. and Mirolli M. (Eds.): Evolution of Communication and Language in Embodied and Situated Agents. Berlin, Springer Verlag: 135-159
- Nolfi Stefano, Mirolli Marco (2010): Evolving communication in embodied agents: Assessment and Open Challenges. In Nolfi S. and Mirolli M. (Eds.): Evolution of Communication and Language in Embodied and Situated Agents. Berlin, Springer Verlag: 215-220
- Ferrauto Tomassino, Tuci Elio, Mirolli Marco, Massera Gianluca, Nolfi Stefano (2009): Two examples of active categorisation processes distributed over time. In L. Cañamero, P-Y. Oudeyer, C. Balkenius (Eds.), Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics. Lund, Lund University Cognitive Studies 146: 49-56
- Tummolini Luca, Mirolli Marco, Castelfranchi Cristiano (2009): The Evolution of Stigmergy: A Simulative Approach to Indirect Communication of Behavioral Messages with Implicit Signals. In Adelinde M. Uhrmacher; Danny Weyns (Eds.) Agents, Simulation and Applications. London, Taylor & Francis: 243-265
- Gigliotta Onofrio, Mirolli Marco, Nolfi Stefano (2009): Who is the learder? Dynamic role allocation through communication in a population of homogeneous robots. In Serra R., Villani M., Poli I. (Eds.): Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation. Proceedings of Wivace 2008. Singapore, World Scientific: 167-177
- Venditti Alberto, Mirolli Marco, Parisi Domenico, Baldassarre Gianluca (2009): A neural-network model of the dynamics of hunger, learning, and action vigor in mice. In Serra R., Villani M., Poli I. (Eds.): Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation. Proceedings of Wivace 2008. Singapore, World Scientific: 131-142
- Fiore Vincenzo, Mannella Francesco, Mirolli Marco, Gurney Kevin, Baldassarre Gianluca (2008): Instrumental conditioning driven by neutral stimuli: A model tested with a simulated robotic rat. In Schlesinger M., Berthouze L., Balkenius C. (eds.), Proceedings of the Eight International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics: Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems. Lund, Lund University Cognitive Studies 139: 13-20
- Mannella Francesco, Mirolli Marco, Baldassarre Gianluca (2008): Computational principles underlying the functioning of amygdala in the affective regulation of behaviour. In Low R., Morse A., Ziemke T., (orgs.), The role of emotion in adaptive behaviour and cognitive robotics, SAB2008 workshop. Skovde, University of Skovde. (Osaka, Japan, 11-12 July 2008): E1-10
- Mannella Francesco, Zappacosta Stefano, Mirolli Marco, Baldassarre Gianluca (2008): A computational model of the amygdala nuclei’s role in second order conditioning. In Asada M., Hallam J.C.T., Meyer, J.-A., Tani J. (eds.), From Animals to Animats 10: Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on the Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB2008). LNAI 5040. Berlin, Springer Verlag: 321-330
- Mannella Francesco, Mirolli Marco, Baldassarre Gianluca (2007): The role of amygdala in devaluation: a model tested with a simulated robot. In Luc Berthouze; G. Prince Dhristiopher; Michael Littman; Hideki Kozima & Christian Balkenius (Eds.) Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics (EpiRob2007). Lund, Lund University Cognitive Studies: 77-84
- Mirolli Marco, Cecconi Federico, Parisi Domenico (2007): A Neural Network Model for Explaining the Asymmetries between Linguistic Production and Linguistic Comprehension. In S. Vosniadou, D. Kayser, A. Protopapas (Eds.) Proceedings of the European Cognitive Science Conference 2007. Hove, Lawrence Erlbaum: 670-675
- Schembri Massimiliano, Mirolli Marco, Baldassarre Gianluca (2007): Evolving childhood's length and learning parameters in an intrinsically motivated reinforcement learning robot. In Luc Berthouze; G. Prince Dhristiopher; Michael Littman; Hideki Kozima & Christian Balkenius (Eds.) Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics (EpiRob2007). Lund, Lund University Cognitive Studies: 141-148
- Schembri Massimiliano, Mirolli Marco, Baldassarre Gianluca (2007): Evolution and learning in an intrinsically motivated reinforcement learning robot. In Fernando Almeida y Costa; Luis Mateus Rocha; Ernesto Costa; Inman Harvey & Antonio Coutinho (Eds.) Advances in Artificial Life. Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Artificial Life. Berlin, Springer: 294-333
- Schembri Massimiliano, Mirolli Marco, Baldassarre Gianluca (2007): Evolving internal reinforcers for an intrinsically motivated reinforcement-learning robot. In Yiannis Demiris; Denis Mareschal; Brian Scassellati & John Weng (Eds.) Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Development and Learning. London, Imperial College: E1-6
- Parisi Domenico, Mirolli Marco (2007): The emergence of language: How to simulate it. In C. Lyon, C. Nehaniv and A. Cangelosi (Eds.) Emergence of Communication and Language. Berlin, Springer Verlag: 269-286
- Parisi, Domenico, Mirolli Marco (2007): Steps Towards Artificial Consciousness: A Robot's Knowledge of Its Own Body, In AAAI Fall Symposium on "AI and Consciousness: Theoretical Foundations and Current Approaches"
- Mirolli Marco, Parisi Domenico (2006): Talking to oneself as a selective pressure for the emergence of language. In A. Cangelosi, A.D.M. Smith and K. Smith (Eds.) Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on the Evolution of Language. Singapore, World Scientific: 214-221
- Mirolli Marco, Cecconi Federico, Parisi Domenico (2006): Un modello neurale per spiegare le asimmetrie tra produzione e comprensione linguistica. In A. Greco, C. Penco, G. Sandini, R. Zaccaria (Eds.) Scienze Cognitive e Robotica. Atti del Terzo Convegno Nazionale di Scienze Cognitive. Genova, Erga Edizioni: 165-169 (Italian)
- Mirolli Marco, Parisi Domenico (2005): Language as an aid to categorization: A neural network model of early language acquisition. In A. Cangelosi, G. Bugmann and R. Borisyuk (Eds.) Modelling Language, Cognition and Action. Proceedings of the 9th Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop. Singapore, World Scientific: 97-106
- Mirolli Marco, Parisi Domenico (2004): Language, altruism, and docility: How cultural learning can favour language evolution. In J. B. Pollack, M. Bedau, P. Husbands, T. Ikegami and R. A. Watson (Eds.) Artificial Life IX: Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems. Cambridge (MA), MIT Press: 182-187
- Mirolli Marco, Parisi Domenico (2003): Artificial Organisms that Sleep. In W. Banzhaf, T. Christaller, P. Dittrich, J. T. Kim, and J. Ziegler (Eds.) Advances in Artificial Life. Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Artificial Life. Berlin, Springer Verlag: 377-386
Theses
- Mirolli Marco (2006): An Artificial Life Approach to the Evolution of Language: Preliminary experiments, PhD Thesis in Cognitive Sciences, Universita' di Siena
- Mirolli Marco (2001): L'intenzionalita' in Daniel Dennett, MA Thesis in Philosophy, Universita' di Siena (Italian)