On the POPSICLE Experiments

This chapter presents an empirical investigation executed with the purpose of calibrating parameters of the Interactivist-Expectative Theory of Agency and Learning (IETAL) and Multi-Agent Simulated Interactive Virtual Environments (MASIVE) simulations. The experiment aims to understand the use of inborn schemes in humans, their use of context, as well as imitation in two-person teams. Variations were performed in order to implement observations from previous versions of the experiment.