Editorial: Re-Enacting Sensorimotor Experience for Cognition

Recent findings in cognitive science suggest that the human brain implements processes of simulation of sensorimotor activity (Pezzulo et al., 2013; Case et al., 2015; Wood et al., 2016). By re-enacting sensorimotor experience, the brain would be capable of anticipating the sensory consequences of intended motor actions. This would enable the individual to efficiently and fluidly interact with the environment. This e-book puts forward the hypothesis that similar mechanisms underlie the development of basic cognitive capabilities. Therefore, sensorimotor simulation processes may represent one of the bridges between motor development and cognitive development in humans. This collection comprises manuscripts published by Frontiers in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, under the section Humanoid Robotics in the research topic “Re-enacting sensorimotor experience for cognition.” The e-book aims at condensing the latest theoretical review and experimental studies that address new paradigms for learning and integrating multimodal sensorimotor information in artificial agents, re-use of the sensorimotor experience for cognitive development and further construction of more complex strategies and behaviors using these concepts.