Dr.-Ing. Mathis Richter
Institut für Neuroinformatik
- Embodied Cognition
- Grounding
- Mental Imagery
- Relational Reasoning
- Sequence Generation
- Visual Attention
I am involved in two closely related groups at the institute, the Embodied Cognition group and the Autonomous Robotics group, both lead by Prof. Dr. Gregor Schöner. In both groups, we are trying to understand how cognitive processes are realized in the human brain. We develop mathematical models of cognitive processes that explain, for instance, how populations of neurons in the brain can stand for something in the world (for example, when we see a duck in a pond and know that this thing we are seeing is in fact a duck). To demonstrate the autonomy of our cognitive models and show how our they can be linked to sensory-motor systems, we often implement the models on robotic platforms.
My personal area of study is higher cognition, were I am interested in problems like the representation of concepts (e.g., the concept 'duck' or the concept 'red'), how these concepts can be combined to imagine complex scenes (like a red duck), or how we can do operations on these concepts. Within this broad field, I am particularly interested in the mechanisms that flexibly organize these different operations in time.
In my research, I am working with Dynamic Field Theory, an abstract mathematical model of activation distributions in the human brain.
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Neural dynamic foundations of a theory of higher cognition: the case of grounding nested phrasesSabinasz, D., Richter, M., & Schöner, G.Cognitive Neurodynamics
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A neural dynamic model for the perceptual grounding of spatial and movement relationsRichter, M., Lins, J., & Schöner, G.Cognitive Science, 45(10), e13045@article{RichterLinsSchöner2021, author = {Richter, Mathis and Lins, Jonas and Schöner, Gregor}, title = {A neural dynamic model for the perceptual grounding of spatial and movement relations}, journal = {Cognitive Science}, volume = {45}, number = {10}, pages = {e13045}, year = {2021}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.13045}, }Richter, M., Lins, J., & Schöner, G.. (2021). A neural dynamic model for the perceptual grounding of spatial and movement relations. Cognitive Science, 45(10), e13045. http://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.130452020
Grounding Spatial Language in Perception by Combining Concepts in a Neural Dynamic ArchitectureSabinasz, D., Richter, M., Lins, J., & Schöner, G.In S. Denison, Mack, M., Xu, Y., & Armstrong, B. C. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 620–626) Cognitive Science Society@inproceedings{SabinaszRichterLinsEtAl2020, author = {Sabinasz, Daniel and Richter, Mathis and Lins, Jonas and Schöner, Gregor}, title = {Grounding Spatial Language in Perception by Combining Concepts in a Neural Dynamic Architecture}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society}, editor = {Denison, Stephanie and Mack, Michael and Xu, Yang and Armstrong, Blair C}, pages = {620–626}, publisher = {Cognitive Science Society}, year = {2020}, }Sabinasz, D., Richter, M., Lins, J., & Schöner, G.. (2020). Grounding Spatial Language in Perception by Combining Concepts in a Neural Dynamic Architecture. In S. Denison, Mack, M., Xu, Y., & Armstrong, B. C. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 620–626). Cognitive Science Society.2018
A Neural Dynamic Architecture That Autonomously Builds Mental ModelsKounatidou, P., Richter, M., & Schöner, G.In Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1–6)@inproceedings{KounatidouRichterSchöner2018, author = {Kounatidou, P. and Richter, M. and Schöner, G.}, title = {A Neural Dynamic Architecture That Autonomously Builds Mental Models}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society}, pages = {1–6}, year = {2018}, }Kounatidou, P., Richter, M., & Schöner, G.. (2018). A Neural Dynamic Architecture That Autonomously Builds Mental Models. In Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1–6).2017
A neural dynamic model generates descriptions of object-oriented actionsRichter, M., Lins, J., & Schöner, G.Topics in Cognitive Science, 9(1), 35–47@article{RichterLinsSchöner2017, author = {Richter, Mathis and Lins, Jonas and Schöner, Gregor}, title = {A neural dynamic model generates descriptions of object-oriented actions}, journal = {Topics in Cognitive Science}, volume = {9}, number = {1}, pages = {35–47}, year = {2017}, doi = {10.1111/tops.12240}, }Richter, M., Lins, J., & Schöner, G.. (2017). A neural dynamic model generates descriptions of object-oriented actions. Topics in Cognitive Science, 9(1), 35–47. http://doi.org/10.1111/tops.122402016
Developing Dynamic Field Theory Architectures for Embodied Cognitive Systems with cedarLomp, O., Richter, M., Zibner, S. K. U., & Schöner, G.Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 10(November), 14@article{LompRichterZibnerEtAl2016, author = {Lomp, Oliver and Richter, Mathis and Zibner, Stephan K. U. and Schöner, Gregor}, title = {Developing Dynamic Field Theory Architectures for Embodied Cognitive Systems with cedar}, journal = {Frontiers in Neurorobotics}, volume = {10}, number = {November}, pages = {14}, year = {2016}, doi = {10.3389/fnbot.2016.00014}, }Lomp, O., Richter, M., Zibner, S. K. U., & Schöner, G.. (2016). Developing Dynamic Field Theory Architectures for Embodied Cognitive Systems with cedar. Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 10(November), 14. http://doi.org/10.3389/fnbot.2016.00014A neural dynamic model parses object-oriented actionsRichter, M., Lins, J., & Schöner, G.In A. Papafragou, Grodner, D., Mirman, D., & Trueswell, J. C. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1931–1936) Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society@inproceedings{RichterLinsSchöner2016, author = {Richter, Mathis and Lins, Jonas and Schöner, Gregor}, title = {A neural dynamic model parses object-oriented actions}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society}, editor = {Papafragou, A. and Grodner, D. and Mirman, D. and Trueswell, J.C.}, pages = {1931–1936}, publisher = {Cognitive Science Society}, address = {Austin, TX}, year = {2016}, }Richter, M., Lins, J., & Schöner, G.. (2016). A neural dynamic model parses object-oriented actions. In A. Papafragou, Grodner, D., Mirman, D., & Trueswell, J. C. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1931–1936). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.2015
Parsing of action sequences: A neural dynamics approachLobato, D., Sandamirskaya, Y., Richter, M., & Schöner, G.Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics, 6(1), 119–135@article{LobatoSandamirskayaRichterEtAl2015, author = {Lobato, David and Sandamirskaya, Yulia and Richter, Mathis and Schöner, Gregor}, title = {Parsing of action sequences: A neural dynamics approach}, journal = {Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics}, volume = {6}, number = {1}, pages = {119–135}, year = {2015}, doi = {10.1515/pjbr-2015-0008}, }Lobato, D., Sandamirskaya, Y., Richter, M., & Schöner, G.. (2015). Parsing of action sequences: A neural dynamics approach. Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics, 6(1), 119–135. http://doi.org/10.1515/pjbr-2015-0008Learning the condition of satisfaction of an elementary behavior in dynamic field theoryLuciw, M., Kazerounian, S., Lahkman, K., Richter, M., & Sandamirskaya, Y.Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics, 6(1), 180–190@article{LuciwKazerounianLahkmanEtAl2015, author = {Luciw, Matthew and Kazerounian, Sohrob and Lahkman, Konstantin and Richter, Mathis and Sandamirskaya, Yulia}, title = {Learning the condition of satisfaction of an elementary behavior in dynamic field theory}, journal = {Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics}, volume = {6}, number = {1}, pages = {180–190}, year = {2015}, doi = {10.1515/pjbr-2015-0011}, }Luciw, M., Kazerounian, S., Lahkman, K., Richter, M., & Sandamirskaya, Y.. (2015). Learning the condition of satisfaction of an elementary behavior in dynamic field theory. Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics, 6(1), 180–190. http://doi.org/10.1515/pjbr-2015-00112014
A neural dynamics to organize timed movement : Demonstration in a robot ball bouncing taskOubbati, F., Richter, M., & Schöner, G.In 4th International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics (pp. 291–298) Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, Italy@inproceedings{OubbatiRichterSchöner2014, author = {Oubbati, Farid and Richter, Mathis and Schöner, Gregor}, title = {A neural dynamics to organize timed movement : Demonstration in a robot ball bouncing task}, booktitle = {4th International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics}, pages = {291–298}, address = {Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, Italy}, year = {2014}, }Oubbati, F., Richter, M., & Schöner, G.. (2014). A neural dynamics to organize timed movement : Demonstration in a robot ball bouncing task. In 4th International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics (pp. 291–298). Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, Italy.Autonomous Neural Dynamics to Test Hypotheses in a Model of Spatial LanguageRichter, M., Lins, J., Schneegans, S., Sandamirskaya, Y., & Schöner, G.In P. Bello, Guarini, M., McShane, M., & Scassellati, B. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2847–2852) Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society@inproceedings{RichterLinsSchneegansEtAl2014, author = {Richter, Mathis and Lins, Jonas and Schneegans, Sebastian and Sandamirskaya, Yulia and Schöner, Gregor}, title = {Autonomous Neural Dynamics to Test Hypotheses in a Model of Spatial Language}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society}, editor = {Bello, P. and Guarini, M. and McShane, M. and Scassellati, B.}, pages = {2847–2852}, publisher = {Cognitive Science Society}, address = {Austin, TX}, year = {2014}, }Richter, M., Lins, J., Schneegans, S., Sandamirskaya, Y., & Schöner, G.. (2014). Autonomous Neural Dynamics to Test Hypotheses in a Model of Spatial Language. In P. Bello, Guarini, M., McShane, M., & Scassellati, B. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2847–2852). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.A neural dynamic architecture resolves phrases about spatial relations in visual scenesRichter, M., Lins, J., Schneegans, S., & Schöner, G.In 24th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN) (pp. 201–208) Heidelberg, Germany: Springer@inproceedings{RichterLinsSchneegansEtAl2014b, author = {Richter, Mathis and Lins, Jonas and Schneegans, Sebastian and Schöner, Gregor}, title = {A neural dynamic architecture resolves phrases about spatial relations in visual scenes}, booktitle = {24th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN)}, pages = {201–208}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Heidelberg, Germany}, year = {2014}, }Richter, M., Lins, J., Schneegans, S., & Schöner, G.. (2014). A neural dynamic architecture resolves phrases about spatial relations in visual scenes. In 24th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN) (pp. 201–208). Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.2013
Autonomous robot hitting task using dynamical system approachOubbati, F., Richter, M., & Schöner, G.In IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (pp. 4042–4047) IEEE@inproceedings{OubbatiRichterSchöner2013, author = {Oubbati, Farid and Richter, Mathis and Schöner, Gregor}, title = {Autonomous robot hitting task using dynamical system approach}, booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics}, pages = {4042–4047}, publisher = {IEEE}, month = {October}, year = {2013}, doi = {10.1109/SMC.2013.690}, }Oubbati, F., Richter, M., & Schöner, G.. (2013). Autonomous robot hitting task using dynamical system approach. In IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (pp. 4042–4047). IEEE. http://doi.org/10.1109/SMC.2013.690Autonomous Reinforcement of Behavioral Sequences in Neural DynamicsKazerounian, S., Luciw, M., Richter, M., & Sandamirskaya, Y.In International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN)@inproceedings{KazerounianLuciwRichterEtAl2013, author = {Kazerounian, S. and Luciw, M. and Richter, M. and Sandamirskaya, Y.}, title = {Autonomous Reinforcement of Behavioral Sequences in Neural Dynamics}, booktitle = {International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN)}, year = {2013}, }Kazerounian, S., Luciw, M., Richter, M., & Sandamirskaya, Y.. (2013). Autonomous Reinforcement of Behavioral Sequences in Neural Dynamics. In International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN).A software framework for cognition, embodiment, dynamics, and autonomy in robotics: cedarLomp, O., Zibner, S. K. U., Richter, M., Ranó, I., & Schöner, G.In International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (pp. 475–482) Springer@inproceedings{LompZibnerRichterEtAl2013, author = {Lomp, Oliver and Zibner, Stephan Klaus Ulrich and Richter, Mathis and Ranó, Inaki and Schöner, Gregor}, title = {A software framework for cognition, embodiment, dynamics, and autonomy in robotics: cedar}, booktitle = {International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks}, pages = {475–482}, organization = {Springer}, year = {2013}, }Lomp, O., Zibner, S. K. U., Richter, M., Ranó, I., & Schöner, G.. (2013). A software framework for cognition, embodiment, dynamics, and autonomy in robotics: cedar. In International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (pp. 475–482). Springer.Learning the Perceptual Conditions of Satisfaction of Elementary BehaviorsLuciw, M., Kazerounian, S., Lakhmann, K., Richter, M., & Sandamirskaya, Y.In Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS), Workshop "Active Learning in Robotics: Exploration, Curiosity, and Interaction"@inproceedings{LuciwKazerounianLakhmannEtAl2013, author = {Luciw, M. and Kazerounian, S. and Lakhmann, K. and Richter, M. and Sandamirskaya, Y.}, title = {Learning the Perceptual Conditions of Satisfaction of Elementary Behaviors}, booktitle = {Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS), Workshop "Active Learning in Robotics: Exploration, Curiosity, and Interaction"}, year = {2013}, }Luciw, M., Kazerounian, S., Lakhmann, K., Richter, M., & Sandamirskaya, Y.. (2013). Learning the Perceptual Conditions of Satisfaction of Elementary Behaviors. In Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS), Workshop "Active Learning in Robotics: Exploration, Curiosity, and Interaction".2012
Autonomous reinforcement of behavioral sequences in neural dynamicsKazerounian, S., Luciw, M., Sandamirskaya, Y., Richter, M., Schmidhuber, J., & Schöner, G.In IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics (Vol. 1, pp. 1–2) Ieee@inproceedings{KazerounianLuciwSandamirskayaEtAl2012, author = {Kazerounian, Sohrob and Luciw, Matthew and Sandamirskaya, Yulia and Richter, Mathis and Schmidhuber, Jürgen and Schöner, Gregor}, title = {Autonomous reinforcement of behavioral sequences in neural dynamics}, booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics}, pages = {1–2}, publisher = {Ieee}, volume = {1}, month = {November}, year = {2012}, doi = {10.1109/DevLrn.2012.6400831}, }Kazerounian, S., Luciw, M., Sandamirskaya, Y., Richter, M., Schmidhuber, J., & Schöner, G.. (2012). Autonomous reinforcement of behavioral sequences in neural dynamics. In IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics (Vol. 1, pp. 1–2). Ieee. http://doi.org/10.1109/DevLrn.2012.6400831Neural dynamics for behavioral organization of an embodied agent.Richter, M., & Sandamirskaya, Y.In 16th International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems (ICCNS)@conference{RichterSandamirskaya2012, author = {Richter, M. and Sandamirskaya, Y.}, title = {Neural dynamics for behavioral organization of an embodied agent.}, booktitle = {16th International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems (ICCNS)}, year = {2012}, }Richter, M., & Sandamirskaya, Y.. (2012). Neural dynamics for behavioral organization of an embodied agent. In 16th International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems (ICCNS).Organization of robotic behavior with dynamic field theory.Richter, M., Sandamirskaya, Y., & G, S.In 5th International Conference on Cognitive Systems (CogSyst)@conference{RichterSandamirskayaG2012, author = {Richter, M and Sandamirskaya, Y and G, Schöner}, title = {Organization of robotic behavior with dynamic field theory.}, booktitle = {5th International Conference on Cognitive Systems (CogSyst)}, year = {2012}, }Richter, M., Sandamirskaya, Y., & G, S. (2012). Organization of robotic behavior with dynamic field theory. In 5th International Conference on Cognitive Systems (CogSyst).A robotic architecture for action selection and behavioral organization inspired by human cognitionRichter, M., Sandamirskaya, Y., & Schöner, G.In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS@inproceedings{RichterSandamirskayaSchöner2012, author = {Richter, M. and Sandamirskaya, Y. and Schöner, G}, title = {A robotic architecture for action selection and behavioral organization inspired by human cognition}, booktitle = {IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS}, year = {2012}, }Richter, M., Sandamirskaya, Y., & Schöner, G.. (2012). A robotic architecture for action selection and behavioral organization inspired by human cognition. In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS.2011
A neural-dynamic architecture for behavioral organization of an embodied agentSandamirskaya, Y., Richter, M., & Schöner, G.In IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics (ICDL EPIROB 2011) (pp. 1–7)@inproceedings{SandamirskayaRichterSchöner2011, author = {Sandamirskaya, Yulia and Richter, Mathis and Schöner, Gregor}, title = {A neural-dynamic architecture for behavioral organization of an embodied agent}, booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics (ICDL EPIROB 2011)}, pages = {1–7}, year = {2011}, }Sandamirskaya, Y., Richter, M., & Schöner, G.. (2011). A neural-dynamic architecture for behavioral organization of an embodied agent. In IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics (ICDL EPIROB 2011) (pp. 1–7).Neural dynamics of sequence generation and behavioral organizationSandamirskaya, Y., Richter, M., & Schöner, G.In Front. Comput. Neurosci.: Computational Neuroscience & Neurotechnology Bernstein Conference & Neurex Annual Meeting, BC11@conference{SandamirskayaRichterSchöner2011b, author = {Sandamirskaya, Yulia and Richter, Mathis and Schöner, Gregor}, title = {Neural dynamics of sequence generation and behavioral organization}, booktitle = {Front. Comput. Neurosci.: Computational Neuroscience & Neurotechnology Bernstein Conference & Neurex Annual Meeting, BC11}, year = {2011}, doi = {10.3389/conf.fncom.2011.53.00041}, }Sandamirskaya, Y., Richter, M., & Schöner, G.. (2011). Neural dynamics of sequence generation and behavioral organization. In Front. Comput. Neurosci.: Computational Neuroscience & Neurotechnology Bernstein Conference & Neurex Annual Meeting, BC11. http://doi.org/10.3389/conf.fncom.2011.53.00041