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Type of social learning
Imitative learning is a type of social learning whereby new behaviors are acquired via imitation. Imitation aids in communication, social interaction, and the ability to modulate one's emotions to account for the emotions of others, and is "essential for healthy sensorimotor development and social functioning". The ability to match one's actions to those observed in others occurs in humans and animals; This phenomenon has evolutionary roots as it increases an individual's chances of survival in avoiding the costs of individual learning. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Imitative learningA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Efficient Deep Reinforcement Learning With Imitative Expert Priors for Autonomous DrivingInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Perspectives on imitationThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Vicarious reinforcement and imitative learning.Cited 454 times
- Go sideways: Social learning in animalsA closely related topic
- Go sideways: ImitationA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Vicarious reinforcement and imitative learning.
Transformer-Based Imitative Reinforcement Learning for Multirobot Path Planning
Imitative flexibility and the development of cultural learning
Adaptive Quantitative Trading: An Imitative Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach
True Imitative Learning in Pigeons
Mother nurturance and girls incidental imitative learning.
Imitative Learning as a Connector of Collective Brains
Rapid encoding of an internal model for imitative learning
🆕 Influential since 2022
Efficient Deep Reinforcement Learning With Imitative Expert Priors for Autonomous Driving
RLCharge: Imitative Multi-Agent Spatiotemporal Reinforcement Learning for Electric Vehicle Charging Station Recommendation
Interpretable Deep Reinforcement Learning With Imitative Expert Experience for Smart Charging of Electric Vehicles
Human-aligned trading by imitative multi-loss reinforcement learning
Machine Learning Integrated with Model Predictive Control for Imitative Optimal Control of Compression Ignition Engines
📚 Books worth reading
Perspectives on imitationSusan Hurley, Nick Chater · 2005
Imitation in human and animal behaviorWanda Wyrwicka · 1996
Social learning and imitationNeal E. Miller · 1941- 📕Imitation in animals and artifactsKerstin Dautenhahn · 2002
Social learning and imitationNeal E. Miller · 1941- 📕Social learning and imitationNeal E. Miller · 1947
- 📕The effect of model type on cognitive recognition, form kinematics, and outcome during the initial phase of sport skill acquisitionDiane Marie Wiese · 1989
- 📕Effects of imitative learning on the acquisition of rotary pursuit skill by educable mentally retarded boysMark Edward Nierengarten · 1982
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🔗 Related topics
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