Chemical Basis for Minimal Cognition

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Wehavedevelopedasimplechemicalsystemcapableofselfmovementinorderto studythephysicochemicaloriginsofmovement,perceptionandcognition.The systemconsistssimplyofanoildropletinanaqueousenvironment.Achemical reactionembeddedintheoildropletinducesinstability,thesymmetryoftheoil dropletbreaksandthedropletbeginstomovethroughtheaqueousphase.The complementofphysicalphenomenathatisthengeneratedarguesforthepresence offeedbackcyclesthatformthebasisforselfregulation,homeostasis,and autopoiesis.Weargueherethatsimplechemicalsystemsarecapableofsensory motorcouplingandpossessahomeodynamicstatefromwhichcognitiveprocesses mayemerge.

Martin M. Hanczyc, Takashi Ikegami

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ALIFE 2010 | Modeling And Simulation | Perceptionandcognition.The Systemconsistssimplyofanoildropletinanaqueousenvironment.Achemical | Thesymmetryoftheoil Dropletbreaksandthedropletbeginstomovethroughtheaqueousphase.The Complementofphysicalphenomenathatisthengeneratedarguesforthepresence | Wehavedevelopedasimplechemicalsystemcapableofselfmovementinorderto Studythephysicochemicaloriginsofmovement |

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Added	12 May 2011
Updated	12 May 2011
Type	Journal
Year	2010
Where	ALIFE
Authors	Martin M. Hanczyc, Takashi Ikegami

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