Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

• general principles of development and learning;
• development of skills in biological systems and robots;
• nature VS nurture, critical periods and developmental stages;
• architectures for cognitive development and life-long learning;
• emergence of body knowledge and affordance perception;
• models for prediction, planning and problem solving;
• models of human-human and human-robot interaction;
• emergence of verbal and non-verbal communication skills;
• epistemological foundations and philosophical issues;
• models of child development from experimental psychology.