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Keep Your Options Open: An Information-Based Driving Principle for Sensorimotor Systems

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  • Alexander S Klyubin
  • Daniel Polani
  • Chrystopher L Nehaniv

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The central resource processed by the sensorimotor system of an organism is information. We propose an information-based quantity that allows one to characterize the efficiency of the perception-action loop of an abstract organism model. It measures the potential of the organism to imprint information on the environment via its actuators in a way that can be recaptured by its sensors, essentially quantifying the options available and visible to the organism. Various scenarios suggest that such a quantity could identify the preferred direction of evolution or adaptation of the sensorimotor loop of organisms.

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  • Alexander S Klyubin & Daniel Polani & Chrystopher L Nehaniv, 2008. "Keep Your Options Open: An Information-Based Driving Principle for Sensorimotor Systems," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 3(12), pages 1-14, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0004018
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004018
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