Dean Petters' Publications page

Invited talks/presentations

D. Petters (2011). Loss of Control Arising From Public Passions and Hidden Agendas. Invited Presentation at: 'From Animals to Robots and Back: reflections on hard problems in the study of cognition'. September 2011, University of Birmingham.

M. Juttner, D. Petters, E. Wakui, I. Rentschler, and J. Davidoff (2008). The development of object representations into adolescence. Presented at the Experimental Psychology Society Symposium (July 2008, Liverpool).

Journal articles

M. Juttner, E. Wakui, D. Petters, S. Kaur, and J. Davidoff, (2012). Developmental Trajectories for Part-based and Configural Object Recognition in Adolescence. Developmental Psychology 48 (Online first publication March 26, 2012)

D. Petters, E. Waters, and F. Schönbrodt, (2010). Strange Carers: Robots as Attachment Figures and Aids to Parenting. Interaction Studies: Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systems. 11:2, 246-252.

D. Petters and E. Waters (2009). Modeling, Simulating, and Simplifying Links Between Stress, Attachment, and Reproduction. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 31, 1, 39-40.

Edited articles

D. Petters, E. Waters, and A, Sloman (2011). Modelling Machines which can Love: From Bowlby's Attachment Control System to Requirements for Romantic Robots. Emotion Researcher 26, (2), 5-7

Book chapters

D. Petters, E. Waters, and F. Schönbrodt, (In Press). Measurement and modelling: Complementary approaches to understanding the organization and underpinnings of attachment behavior. In Measuring Attachment: Observational and Developmental Analysis of Behavior, Mental Representations, and Biological Processes. In press with Guilford Publishers, NY.

Journal abstracts/supplements:

M. Juttner, D. Petters, S. Kaur E. Wakui, and J. Davidoff, (2011) Trajectories of part-based and configural object recognition in adolescence. Perception 40, Supplement 72 (Presented at the European Conference on Visual Perception, August 2010 Toulouse)

M. Juttner, E. Wakui, S. Kaur, D. Petters, and J. Davidoff, (2010), Analytic and holistic object representations in adolescence. Perception 39, Supplement 102. (Presented at the European Conference on Visual Perception, August 2010 Lausanne)

E. Wakui, D. Petters, J. Davidoff, and M. Juttner,(2010), The development of part-based and analytical object recognition in adolescence. Journal of Vision 10 (7): 957. ( Presented at the Vision Sciences Society (VSS) annual meeting, May 2010, Naples).

M. Juttner, D. Petters, E. Wakui, and J. Davidoff, (2009), The development of part-based and configural object recognition in adolescence. Perception 38, Supplement 165. (Presented at the European Conference on Visual Perception, August 2009, Regensburg).

Refereed conference papers

S. Kaur E. Wakui, J. Davidoff, D. Petters, and M. Juttner (2011) Trajectories of part-based and configural object recognition in adolescence. Experimental Psychology Society meeting, (University College, London).

E. Wakui, J. Davidoff, D. Petters, M. Juttner, and S. Kaur (2010). Trajectories of part-based and configural object recognition in adolescence. Presented at the BPS Developmental Section Conference (Goldsmiths College, London).

D. Petters and E. Waters (2010). AI, Attachment Theory, and Simulating Secure Base Behaviour: Dr. Bowlby meet the Reverend Bayes. In Proceedings of the International Symposium on 'AI-Inspired Biology', AISB Convention 2010, (pp. 51-58). University of Sussex, Brighton: AISB Press.

J. Davidoff, E. Wakui, D. Petters, S. Kaur, and M. Juttner (2010). Trajectories of part-based and configural object recognition in adolescence. Presented at the BPS Cognitive Section Conference (Cardiff),

E. Wakui, D. Petters, J. Davidoff, and M. Juttner,(2009), The development of part-based and configural object recognition in adolescence. Presented at the Conference on Object Perception, Attention, and Memory (OPAM), (November 2009, Boston).

J. Davidoff, M. Juttner, D. Petters, and E. Wakui, (2009), Developmental trajectories for part- and configural-based Object Recognition. Presented at the BPS Developmental Section Conference, (September 2009, Nottingham).

E. Wakui, D. Petters, J. Davidoff, and M. Juttner, (2009), The development of part-based and configural object recognition in adolescence. Presented at the BPS Cognitive Section Conference (September 2009, Hatfield).

M. Juttner, D. Petters, E. Wakui, and J. Davidoff, (2009), Object recognition in adolescence. In ESCOP 2009 - Proceedings of the 16th Conference of the European Society of Cognitive Psychology(p 109) University of Krakow.

D. Petters and E. Waters (2008). Epigenetic Development of Attachment Styles in Autonomous Agents. Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics. Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotics Systems, pages 153-154 (July 2008, Brighton). Lund University Cognitive Studies, 139.

D. Petters (2007). Using Software Agents to Simulate Infant Secure-Base Behaviour. Presented at the Society for Research in Child Development 2007 Biennial Meeting, (April 2007, Boston).

D. Petters (2006). Implementing a Theory of Attachment: A Simulation of the Strange Situation with Autonomous Agents, In Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Cognitive Modelling (April 2006, Trieste), pages 226-231, Trieste: Edizioni Golardiche.

D. Petters (2005). Building Agents to Understand Infant Attachment Behaviour, In Proceedings of the workshop: Modelling Natural Action Selection (July 2005, Edinburgh), pages 158-165, University of Sussex, Brighton: AISB Press.

D. Petters (2004). Simulating Infant-Carer Relationship Dynamics, In Proceedings of the AAAI Spring Symposium, (March 2004, Stanford): Architectures for Modelling Emotion - Cross-Disciplinary Foundations, number SS-04-02 in AAAI Technical reports, pages 114-122, Menlo Park, CA: AAAI Press.

D. Petters (1994). Synthesis of Functionalised Macrocyclic Cyclophane Ligands with Mixed Oxygen/Sulfur Donor Sets. Presented at the UK Inorganic Chemistry Symposium, University of Reading (March 1994, Reading)

Research Theses

D. Petters (2006). Designing Agents to Understand Infants. Ph.D. thesis in Cognitive Science, School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham.

D. Petters (2001). Flocking as adaptation in the sim-sheep environment. M.Sc. Project Report in Cognitive Science, School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham.

D. Petters (1996). Calixarene Derivatives as Templates in the Synthesis of Novel Metal Clusters. M.Phil thesis in Inorganic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham.

Technical reports

D. Petters (2010) Attachment Theory as a Multi-disciplinary Programme: Retrospect and Prospect. Working Paper Draft

D. Petters (2009), Measurement and Modelling of Attachment Phenomena: Simplicity within Complexity. Working Paper Draft

D. Petters (2009). A task taxonomy for activities to help typically developing and autistic children develop social competencies within Virtual Reality Environments. Presented at Technical Development Workshop (October 2009, Nottingham University)

D. Petters (2008). Attachment Theory and Artificial Cognitive Systems . Cognition Briefing for EUCognition,

D. Petters (2004) Loss of self-control of attentive processes - Mechanisms and possible adaptive function. Language and Cognition seminar, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham abstract

D. Petters (2003). The Selection of Goals and Action in the Attachment System. Thesis research report (November 2003)

D. Petters (2003). Simulating Attachment Relationship Dynamics. Thesis research report (May 2003)

D. Petters (2002). Applying Developmental Constraints To Emotional Architectures. Presented at the School of Computer Science PhD Research Exhibition (March 2002, University of Birmingham).