Wehavedevelopedasimplechemicalsystemcapableofselfmovementinorderto studythephysicochemicaloriginsofmovement,perceptionandcognition.The systemconsistssimplyofanoildropletinanaqueousenvironment.Achemical reactionembeddedintheoildropletinducesinstability,thesymmetryoftheoil dropletbreaksandthedropletbeginstomovethroughtheaqueousphase.The complementofphysicalphenomenathatisthengeneratedarguesforthepresence offeedbackcyclesthatformthebasisforselfregulation,homeostasis,and autopoiesis.Weargueherethatsimplechemicalsystemsarecapableofsensory motorcouplingandpossessahomeodynamicstatefromwhichcognitiveprocesses mayemerge.   							
						
							
					 															
					Martin M. Hanczyc, Takashi Ikegami