Chemical Basis for Minimal Cognition
Chemical Basis for Minimal Cognition
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DOI：
10.1162/artl_a_00002
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发表时间：
2010-06-01
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影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Ikegami, Takashi
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作者：
Hanczyc, Martin M.;Ikegami, Takashi
为了研究运动的物理化学起源，我们开发了一种能够自我运动的简单化学系统。我们提出了如何这个系统可能是有用的最小的感知和认知的研究。该系统仅由水环境中的油滴组成。油滴内的化学反应引起不稳定性，油滴的对称性破坏，并且油滴开始移动通过水相。随后产生的物理现象的补充表明反馈循环的存在，正如我们将要讨论的那样，反馈循环形成了自我调节、内稳态的基础，也许是自我创造的延伸形式。我们讨论的结果是，简单的化学系统能够感觉运动耦合，并拥有一个动态的认知过程可能出现的状态。
We have developed a simple chemical system capable of self-movement in order to study the physicochemical origins of movement. We propose how this system may be useful in the study of minimal perception and cognition. The system consists simply of an oil droplet in an aqueous environment. A chemical reaction within the oil droplet induces an instability, the symmetry of the oil droplet breaks, and the droplet begins to move through the aqueous phase. The complement of physical phenomena that is then generated indicates the presence of feedback cycles that, as will be argued, form the basis for self-regulation, homeostasis, and perhaps an extended form of autopoiesis. We discuss the result that simple chemical systems are capable of sensory-motor coupling and possess a homeodynamic state from which cognitive processes may emerge.