{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7160389483","doi":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2605.03782","title":"What You Think is What You See: Driving Exploration in VLM Agents via Visual-Linguistic Curiosity","display_name":"What You Think is What You See: Driving Exploration in VLM Agents via Visual-Linguistic Curiosity","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-05-05","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7160389483","doi":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2605.03782"},"language":null,"primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.48550/arxiv.2605.03782","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2605.03782","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"article"},"type":"preprint","indexed_in":["datacite"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2605.03782","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5135437028","display_name":"Haoxi Li","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Li, Haoxi","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5135484157","display_name":"Qinglin Hou","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Hou, Qinglin","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5129835686","display_name":"Jianfei Ma","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ma, Jianfei","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5135457399","display_name":"Jinxiang Lai","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Lai, Jinxiang","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5135430812","display_name":"Tao Han","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3602-4859"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Han, Tao","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5011529251","display_name":"Sikai Bai","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Bai, Sikai","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5135493266","display_name":"Jingcai Guo","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Guo, Jingcai","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5135513306","display_name":"Jie Zhang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1910-5845"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Zhang, Jie","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5135506503","display_name":"Song Guo","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Guo, Song","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":9,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11714","display_name":"Multimodal Machine Learning Applications","score":0.6506999731063843,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11714","display_name":"Multimodal Machine Learning Applications","score":0.6506999731063843,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11883","display_name":"Embodied and Extended Cognition","score":0.06700000166893005,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2805","display_name":"Cognitive Neuroscience"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/28","display_name":"Neuroscience"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12090","display_name":"Language and cultural evolution","score":0.05380000174045563,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3316","display_name":"Cultural Studies"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/curiosity","display_name":"Curiosity","score":0.6509000062942505},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/key","display_name":"Key (lock)","score":0.49320000410079956},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/reinforcement-learning","display_name":"Reinforcement learning","score":0.42179998755455017},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/futures-contract","display_name":"Futures contract","score":0.349700003862381},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/autonomous-agent","display_name":"Autonomous agent","score":0.32280001044273376},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/exploit","display_name":"Exploit","score":0.304500013589859},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computational-model","display_name":"Computational model","score":0.3025999963283539}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33435437","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q366791","display_name":"Curiosity","level":2,"score":0.6509000062942505},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5224999785423279},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C188147891","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q147638","display_name":"Cognitive science","level":1,"score":0.5059000253677368},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26517878","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228039","display_name":"Key (lock)","level":2,"score":0.49320000410079956},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.4449999928474426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C97541855","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q830687","display_name":"Reinforcement learning","level":2,"score":0.42179998755455017},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107457646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207434","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","level":1,"score":0.397599995136261},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.37549999356269836},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C106306483","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183984","display_name":"Futures contract","level":2,"score":0.349700003862381},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C180747234","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23373","display_name":"Cognitive psychology","level":1,"score":0.3481999933719635},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.3377000093460083},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C13687954","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4826847","display_name":"Autonomous agent","level":2,"score":0.32280001044273376},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C165696696","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11287","display_name":"Exploit","level":2,"score":0.304500013589859},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C66024118","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1122506","display_name":"Computational model","level":2,"score":0.3025999963283539},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C74072328","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1142726","display_name":"Intelligent agent","level":2,"score":0.2854999899864197},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C175154964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380077","display_name":"Task analysis","level":3,"score":0.27570000290870667},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C178253425","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q162668","display_name":"Visual perception","level":3,"score":0.27379998564720154},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779843651","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7390335","display_name":"SIGNAL (programming language)","level":2,"score":0.27309998869895935},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780451532","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q759676","display_name":"Task (project management)","level":2,"score":0.2669000029563904},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780791683","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q846785","display_name":"Action (physics)","level":2,"score":0.2538999915122986},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.25040000677108765}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.48550/arxiv.2605.03782","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2605.03782","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":null,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.48550/arxiv.2605.03782","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2605.03782","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"To":[0],"navigate":[1],"partially":[2],"observable":[3],"visual":[4,102,118],"environments,":[5],"recent":[6],"VLM":[7,62],"agents":[8,63],"increasingly":[9],"internalize":[10],"world":[11,73,97],"modeling":[12],"capabilities":[13],"into":[14,99],"their":[15,71],"policies":[16],"via":[17],"explicit":[18],"CoT":[19],"reasoning,":[20],"enabling":[21],"them":[22],"to":[23,49,131,169],"mentally":[24],"simulate":[25],"futures":[26],"before":[27],"acting.":[28],"However,":[29],"relying":[30],"solely":[31],"on":[32],"passive":[33],"reasoning":[34,89],"over":[35],"visited":[36],"states":[37],"is":[38,139,167],"insufficient":[39],"for":[40,56],"sparse-reward":[41],"tasks,":[42],"as":[43,120],"it":[44],"lacks":[45],"the":[46,52,94,100,112,129,150,159,164],"epistemic":[47],"drive":[48],"actively":[50,64,132],"uncover":[51],"``known":[53],"unknown''":[54],"required":[55],"robust":[57],"generalization.":[58],"We":[59],"ask:":[60],"Can":[61],"find":[65],"signals":[66],"that":[67,87,156],"challenge":[68],"and":[69,90,117,154],"refine":[70],"internal":[72,137],"model":[74,98,138],"through":[75],"curiosity-driven":[76],"exploration?":[77],"In":[78],"this":[79],"work,":[80],"we":[81],"propose":[82],"GLANCE,":[83,153],"a":[84,144],"unified":[85],"framework":[86],"bridges":[88],"exploration":[91],"by":[92],"grounding":[93],"agent's":[95],"linguistic":[96,115],"stable":[101],"representations":[103],"of":[104,146,152],"an":[105,121],"evolving":[106],"target":[107],"network.":[108],"Crucially,":[109],"GLANCE":[110],"leverages":[111],"discrepancy":[113],"between":[114],"prediction":[116],"reality":[119],"intrinsic":[122],"curiosity":[123],"signal":[124],"within":[125],"reinforcement":[126],"learning,":[127],"steering":[128],"agent":[130,160,165],"explore":[133],"areas":[134],"where":[135],"its":[136],"uncertain.":[140],"Extensive":[141],"experiments":[142],"across":[143],"series":[145],"agentic":[147,174],"tasks":[148],"show":[149],"effectiveness":[151],"demonstrate":[155],"aligning":[157],"``what":[158,163],"thinks''":[161],"with":[162],"sees''":[166],"key":[168],"solving":[170],"complex":[171],"or":[172],"sparse":[173],"tasks.":[175]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-06-11T09:08:48.828518","created_date":"2026-05-07T00:00:00"}