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Chemical Basis for Minimal Cognition

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Chemical Basis for Minimal Cognition
Wehavedevelopedasimplechemicalsystemcapableofselfmovementinorderto studythephysicochemicaloriginsofmovement,perceptionandcognition.The systemconsistssimplyofanoildropletinanaqueousenvironment.Achemical reactionembeddedintheoildropletinducesinstability,thesymmetryoftheoil dropletbreaksandthedropletbeginstomovethroughtheaqueousphase.The complementofphysicalphenomenathatisthengeneratedarguesforthepresence offeedbackcyclesthatformthebasisforselfregulation,homeostasis,and autopoiesis.Weargueherethatsimplechemicalsystemsarecapableofsensory motorcouplingandpossessahomeodynamicstatefromwhichcognitiveprocesses mayemerge.
Martin M. Hanczyc, Takashi Ikegami
Added 12 May 2011
Updated 12 May 2011
Type Journal
Year 2010
Where ALIFE
Authors Martin M. Hanczyc, Takashi Ikegami
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