Michael Anthony Arbib
Michael Anthony Arbib published his first book, Brains, Machines and Mathematics, in 1964. His research connects computer science, engineering, neuroscience and cognitive science. Arbib’s work uses schema theory for analyses of cognition, machine vision and robotics, alongside detailed neural-network models informed by experiments. The program studies how perception and action are coordinated. His work includes Who Needs Emotions? The Brain Meets the Robot, edited with Jean-Marc Fellous in 2005, and From Action to Language via the Mirror System in 2006. The latter connects action representations with hypotheses about language evolution.
- Works
- 670
- Citations
- 28,519
- h-index
- 81
Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.
Timeline
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1964
Brains and machines
Michael Anthony Arbib published his first book, Brains, Machines and Mathematics, in 1964. His research connects computer science, engineering, neuroscience and cognitive science.
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Research program
Perception and action
Arbib’s work uses schema theory for analyses of cognition, machine vision and robotics, alongside detailed neural-network models informed by experiments. The program studies how perception and action are coordinated.
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2005–2006
Robots, emotions and language
Arbib’s work includes Who Needs Emotions? The Brain Meets the Robot, edited with Jean-Marc Fellous in 2005, and From Action to Language via the Mirror System in 2006. The latter connects action representations with hypotheses about language evolution.
Sources and credits
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