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- Dodig Crnkovic, Gordana, 1955, et al.
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Morphological Computing and Cognitive Agency
- 2017
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In: Proceedings (MDPI). - Gothenburg, Sweden : MDPI. - 2504-3900. ; 1:3, s. 185-188
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Morphological computing, at its core, entails that the morphology (shape + material properties) of an agent (a living organism or a machine) enables and constrains its possible (physical and social)interactions with the environment as well as its development, including its growth and reconfiguration. The role of such computation in cognitive systems includes the off-loading of control onto the body and its interaction with the environment thus enabling flexible and adaptivebehavior. In a more general sense, cognitive agency instantiated by the interaction processes of morphological structures in networks of networks of cognitive agents from cells to organisms and societies is a basis of understanding of embodiment of cognition on variety of levels of (self-)organisation of physical matter from its basic physical structures via chemistry and biology with life itself as cognitive process.
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- Lowe, Robert, 1975-, et al.
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Predictive regulation in affective and adaptive behaviour : An allostatic-cybernetics perspective
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In: Advanced Research on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures. - Sweden : IGI Global. - 9781522519485 - 9781522519478 - 1522519475 ; , s. 149-176
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)abstract
- In this chapter, different notions of allostasis (the process of achieving stability through change ) as they apply to adaptive behavior are presented. The authors discuss how notions of allostasis can be usefully applied to Cybernetics-based homeostatic systems. Particular emphasis is placed upon affective states - motivational and emotional - and, above all, the notion of 'predictive' regulation, as distinct from forms of 'reactive' regulation, in homeostatic systems. The authors focus here on Ashby's ultrastability concept that entails behavior change for correcting homeostatic errors (deviations from the healthy range of essential, physiological, variables). The authors consider how the ultrastability concept can be broadened to incorporate allostatic mechanisms and how they may enhance adaptive physiological and behavioral activity. Finally, this chapter references different Cybernetics frameworks that incorporate the notion of allostasis. The article then attempts to untangle how the given perspectives fit into the 'allostatic ultrastable systems' framework postulated.
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