Dynamical Embodiment of Computation in Cognitive Processes

James P. Crutchfield
Physics Department
University of California
Berkeley, California 94720, USA
and
Santa Fe Institute
1399 Hyde Park Road
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501

Abstract

Dynamics is not enough for cognition nor is it a substitute for information processing aspects of brain behavior. Moreover, dynamics and computation are not at odds, but are quite compatible. They can be synthesized so that any dynamical system can be analyzed in terms of its intrinsic computational components.

Submitted as Open Peer Commentary on: T. van Gelder (1998) The Dynamical Hypothesis in Cognitive Science, Behavioral and Brain Sciences to appear.

Citation

J. P. Crutchfield, Dynamical Embodiment of Computation in Cognitive Processes, Behavioral and Brain Sciences 21:5 (1998) 635-637.

Santa Fe Institute Working Paper 98-02-016.

Note

Based on a talk given at the Santa Fe Institute Computation, Dynamics, and Cognition Workshop, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 13-17 May 1996.

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