Luc Steels

Human beings are unique because they have developed the capability to create and interpret rich representations, like graphical images and language. I am interested to understand where this capability has come from, both in our species and in the developing child.
I focus in particular how categories (like colours) can be grounded in perceptual experience and develop under the strong influence of language, and how grammars and the semantic domains expressed by grammars may emerge in a population of agents. Applications are far reaching, ranging from adaptive communication systems for humanoid robots to evolving ontologies and communication protocols with emergent semantics.

Steels, L. (2003) Language re-entrance and the 'Inner Voice'. Journal of Consciousness Studies. Vol 10, nr 4.