A Piagetian model of early sensorimotor development

We are interested in developing a computa-tional model of Piaget’s theory of sensorimo-tor intelligence. The main difficulty is that Piaget’s theory is quite vague. We analyse existing approaches and find that they model some of the major features of his theory, but that these are not adequate to account for the stage transitions which Piaget described. Instead of copying features of his theory we advocate developing a cognitive model to ac-count for the infant development paths which he described. As a first step in this direc-tion we present a computational model of Pi-agetian development in the early sensorimotor stages. In order to extend our computational model to later sensorimotor stages, we believe that further psychological studies are required to clarify issues left open in Piaget’s account. 1