User:Jbonaiuto
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James Bonaiuto
PhD. Student, Neuroscience Department
Advisor: Dr. Michael A. Arbib
Research Topics
- The Mirror System
- Primate Imitation
- Action Selection
Research Overview
James Bonaiuto is researching the extensions to the mirror system required to model primate imitation. He has extended the mirror system model of Oztop & Arbib (2002) to include recent data on audio-visual mirror neurons and mirror neurons that respond to partially occluded grasps. He is currently working on Augmented Competitve Queuing (ACQ), a model of flexible action sequence learning and deployment.
Contact Information
| E-mail: | bonaiuto@usc.edu |
| Mailing Address: | University of Southern California |
| Neuroscience Department | |
| 3641 Watt Way, HNB 10B | |
| Los Angeles, CA 90089-2520 | |
| Office Location: | HNB 10B |
| Lab Location: | HNB 10 |
| Lab Phone: | (213) 740-3515 |
Education
- B.S. Computer Science, Drexel University, 2004.
Selected Publications
Complete PubMed search (the paper from 1976 is my father's!)
Complete Google Scholar search
Bonaiuto, J., Rosta, E., and Arbib, M.A. (2007) Extending the Mirror Neuron System Model, I: Audible Actions and Invisible Grasps., Biological Cybernetics, 96: 9-38. -PubMed -Link
Bonaiuto, J., Itti, L. (2006) Using Attention and Spatial Information for Rapid Facial Recognition in Video., Image and Vision Computing, 24(5): 557-563.
Arbib, M.A., Bonaiuto, J., & Rosta, E. (2006) The Mirror System Hypothesis: From a Macaque-Like Mirror System to Imitation., In: The Evolution of Language: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference (EVOLANG6), (A. Cangelosi, A.D.M. Smith, and K. Smith, Eds.), Singapore: World Scientific, pp. 3-10.
Bonaiuto, J., Rosta, E., Arbib, M.A. (2005) Recognizing Invisible Actions., In: Proc. Modeling Natural Action Selection (MNAS), Edinburgh, Scotland.
Bonaiuto, J., Itti, L. (2005) Combining attention and recognition for rapid scene analysis., In: Proc. International Workshop on Attention and Performance in Computer Vision (WAPCV'05), San Diego, California, pp. 1-6.
Raines, D.M., Levin, S.L., Mitman, T.J., Thomson, J.W., Myers, T.E., Panyavin, I.S., Bonaiuto, J.J., & Platek, S.M. (2004) Paternal investment and the social mirror: Role of kin selection in paternal confidence in social mirror affirmations of paternal resemblance., In: Proc. Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
Levin, S.L., Myers, T.E., Panyavin, I.S., Bonaiuto, J.J., Fonteyn, L., Mohamed, F.B., & Platek, S.M. (2004) Sex differences in neural correlates of sex-dominant spatial abilities., In: Proc. Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
Bonaiuto, J.J., Schachter, M., & Platek, S.M. (2004) Improving psychological surveys using the world wide web., In: Proc. Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
