Emergence of Body Image and Dichotomy of Sensory and Motor Activity

摘要

This paper reconsiders a boundary between an agent and its environment. The boundary between a simulated agent and its environment is convoluted in dynamic processes of sensory and motor devices. However the boundary is not a static but a dynamic interface. In order to study the dynamic property of the interface, the un-fixed sensory-motor distinction is introduced. Practically, a mobile arm passively or actively explores an object and attaining some discrimination tasks. We develop the discrimination ability by using a genetic algorithm. A conscious state towards an object is investigated with this framework.