Resynthesizing behavior through phylogenetic refinement
Resynthesizing behavior through phylogenetic refinement
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DOI：
10.3758/s13414-019-01760-1
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发表时间：
2019-10-01
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Cisek, Paul
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作者：
Cisek, Paul
这篇文章提出，生物学上看似合理的行为理论可以通过遵循“系统发育改进”的方法来构建，根据进化过程中发生的一系列变化的系统发育数据，逐步地从简单到复杂地阐述它们。有人认为，有足够的数据使这一方法成为可能，并且该结果可以比基于从心理学传统继承的假定功能的定义的方法更有效地描绘神经生理机制的真实生物学类别。作为一个例子，该方法被用来勾勒出一个理论框架，说明在脊椎动物的进化过程中，如何详细阐述与世界相互作用的基本反馈控制，以产生哺乳动物大脑的功能结构。这些结果提供了一种机制的概念性分类，这些机制自然地映射到神经生理学和神经解剖学数据，并为定义假定功能提供了背景，有人认为，这些功能在生物学上比认知科学的一些传统概念有更好的基础。
This article proposes that biologically plausible theories of behavior can be constructed by following a method of "phylogenetic refinement," whereby they are progressively elaborated from simple to complex according to phylogenetic data on the sequence of changes that occurred over the course of evolution. It is argued that sufficient data exist to make this approach possible, and that the result can more effectively delineate the true biological categories of neurophysiological mechanisms than do approaches based on definitions of putative functions inherited from psychological traditions. As an example, the approach is used to sketch a theoretical framework of how basic feedback control of interaction with the world was elaborated during vertebrate evolution, to give rise to the functional architecture of the mammalian brain. The results provide a conceptual taxonomy of mechanisms that naturally map to neurophysiological and neuroanatomical data and that offer a context for defining putative functions that, it is argued, are better grounded in biology than are some of the traditional concepts of cognitive science.