Reinforcement learning in social interaction: The distinguishing role of trait inference

2020 ◽  
Vol 88 ◽  
pp. 103948 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leor M. Hackel ◽  
Peter Mende-Siedlecki ◽  
David M. Amodio
2021 ◽  
pp. 287-358
Author(s):  
Michael A. Arbib

This chapter approaches aesthetics anew by considering empathy and Einfühlung, “feeling ourselves into” a work of art or architecture. The key neuroscience is the discovery of mirror neurons in monkeys that inspired the discovery of mirror systems in humans. Unsupervised, supervised, and reinforcement learning, each based on a different rule for synaptic plasticity, are presented as background for a computational model of how mirror neuron wiring is learned. Mirror neurons may serve social interaction, but they also self-monitor in acquiring new behaviors. This is exemplified in modeling how adaptive sequences of behavior may be mastered through learning the desirability and executability of actions. Such opportunistic scheduling complements the role of scripts. Empathy is linked to mirror systems but also depends on systems beyond the mirror. Returning to Einfühlung, we explore how a motor component may enrich our aesthetic appreciation by recognizing the actions and emotions of protagonists in a representational painting, or by gaining some feeling for the actions of the artist, sculptor, or architect in creating the work. Finally, case studies are sampled, including those in neuroaesthetics seeking neural correlates for aesthetic appreciation, that contribute to a tool kit for assessing the experience of buildings to enrich future design.


2009 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 464-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana-Maria Vranceanu ◽  
Linda C. Gallo ◽  
Laura M. Bogart

2015 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 378-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Cui ◽  
Ilan Vertinsky ◽  
Sandra Robinson ◽  
Oana Branzei

Extending the literature on social capital development in the community, this article examines the impact of diverse social interactions (in the community and the workplace) on the development of social trust in the workplace, and investigates whether their effects differ in individualistic and collectivistic cultures. Using survey data collected in Canada and China, the authors find that the diversity of one’s social interactions in the community is positively associated with one’s social trust in the workplace, and this relationship is not significantly different between the two cultures. Diversity of one’s social interactions in the workplace is also positively associated with one’s social trust in the workplace, though only in collectivistic cultures.


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