Prerational Intelligence: Adaptive Behavior and Intelligent Systems Without Symbols and Logic, Volume 1, Volume 2 Prerational Intelligence: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Behavior of Natural and Artificial Systems, Volume 3

Front Matter....Pages i-xli
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction to Volume 1....Pages 3-4
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Introduction to Part II....Pages 7-18
The Concept of Intelligence in Psychology and Philosophy....Pages 19-30
Rational Behaviour of Animals and Machines....Pages 31-42
The Concept of Intelligence in AI....Pages 43-55
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
The Jamming Avoidance Response (JAR) of the Electric Fish, Eigenmannia: The Processing of Sensory Information and Motor Control....Pages 59-83
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
Introduction to Part IV....Pages 87-90
Peripheral Sensory Modules Controlling Motor Behavior....Pages 91-107
Antennal Movements in the Honeybee: How Complex Tasks are Solved by a Simple Neuronal System....Pages 109-121
Invariances in Visual Systems of Robots and Animals: Functional and Architectural Consequences....Pages 123-150
Retinal Coding for Vernier Acuity and Motion....Pages 151-162
Is There Parallel Binding of Distributed Objects?....Pages 163-174
Synthesizing Complex Perceptions: I. Concepts of Visual Feature Associations Based on Neural Synchronization and Related Experimental Results in the Visual Cortex....Pages 175-190
Synthesizing Complex Perceptions: II. Models of Visual Feature Associations Based on Neural Synchronization....Pages 191-204
A Neurally-Inspired Approach to 3-D Visual Object Recognition....Pages 205-213
Modelling the Formation of Sensory Representations in the Brain....Pages 215-232
Front Matter....Pages 233-233
Introduction to Part V....Pages 235-242
Distributed Processing vs. Dedicated Neurons in the Production of Simple Behavioral Acts....Pages 243-265
Flexibility of a Proprioceptive Feedback System Results from its “Parliamentary” (Distributed) Organization....Pages 267-286
Load Detectors and Their Reflexes During Gait in Cat and Man....Pages 287-303
Front Matter....Pages 233-233
Coordination of Redundant Manipulators: Reduction of Degrees of Freedom....Pages 305-322
Movement Organization in the Frog Spinal Cord: Prerational Intelligence?....Pages 323-341
The Neurobiological Roots of Rational Thinking....Pages 343-355
A Behavior-Based Controller Architecture for Reactive Underwater Robots....Pages 357-370
Control of Movement is Distributed and Heterarchical....Pages 371-389
Locomotion in Insects: Patterns Generated by Interacting Oscillators....Pages 391-405
A Modular Artificial Neural Net for Controlling a Six-Legged Walking System....Pages 407-430
The Control System of the Six-Legged Tum Walking Robot....Pages 431-441
An Arbitrary Architecture for an Artificial Arthropod....Pages 443-459
Front Matter....Pages 460-460
Introduction to Volume 2....Pages 462-463
Front Matter....Pages 464-464
Introduction to Part VII....Pages 466-471
Representation of Space and Time in Motor Control....Pages 472-509
A Schema-Theory Approach to Specifying and Analyzing the Behavior of Robot Systems....Pages 510-529
Where Neural Nets Make Sense in Robotics....Pages 530-560
A Bi-Directional Theory Approach to Prerational Intelligence....Pages 562-578
MMC — A Holistic System for a Nonsymbolic Internal Body Representation....Pages 580-599
Locomotion in Machines: Approaches to Coordination in Machines Past and Present....Pages 600-615
Constructing Modular Architectures With Boltzmann Machines....Pages 616-623
Modularization by Cascading Neural Networks....Pages 624-640
Learning About Aggression....Pages 642-658
Front Matter....Pages 464-464
Pleasure, The Prerational Intelligence....Pages 660-672
Front Matter....Pages 674-674
Introduction to Part VIII....Pages 676-680
What Can We Learn from Dynamic Models of Rhythmic Behavior in Animals and Humans?....Pages 682-700
On Behaviour as Dissipative Structures in Agent-Environment Interaction Systems....Pages 702-716
Environmental Influences and Intrinsic Dynamics in Adaptive Behavior....Pages 718-723
Is it Possible to Demonstrate Self-Organization in the Functioning of the Nervous System?....Pages 724-736
Evolution — A Paradigm for Constructing Intelligent Agents....Pages 738-757
A Computational Model for Functional Evolution....Pages 758-779
On the Double Plasticity of Complex Adaptive Systems....Pages 780-803
Schemas and Genetic Programming....Pages 804-816
Front Matter....Pages 818-818
Introduction to Part IX....Pages 820-824
Cheap Designs: Exploiting the Dynamics of the System-Environment Interaction. Three Case Studies on Navigation....Pages 826-843
Spatial Representations in Mammals as Topological Networks....Pages 844-857
View-Based Navigation: Obstacle Avoidance and Maze Exploration....Pages 858-874
The Ant’s Path in Integration System: A Neural Architecture....Pages 876-907
Learning in Bees and Wasps in Complicated Experimental Tasks....Pages 908-926
The Cognitive Development of an Autonomous Behaving Artifact: The Self-Organization of Categorization, Sequencing, and Chunking....Pages 928-947
Self-Supervised and Supervised Acquisition of Smooth Sensory-Motor Competences in Mobile Robots....Pages 948-960
Towards Concept Formation Grounded on Perception and Action of a Mobile Robot....Pages 962-977
Front Matter....Pages 978-978
Introduction to Part X....Pages 980-986
Front Matter....Pages 978-978
From Local Interactions to Collective Intelligence....Pages 988-998
Electronic Sound Creatures....Pages 1000-1006
Fom Local Actions to Global Tasks: Stigmergy and Collective Robotics....Pages 1008-1022
Cellular Robotic System — Modularity and Self-Organization of the Intelligent Robotic System....Pages 1024-1034
Evolution of Empathy as a Source of Human Altruism....Pages 1036-1045
Front Matter....Pages 1046-1046
Intoduction to Part XI....Pages 1048-1053
Nonparametric Regression for Learning Nonlinear Transformations....Pages 1054-1080
Rapid Learning for Robot Vision and Control....Pages 1082-1096
Adaptive Behavior and Learning: How Cognitive Processing and Social Interaction Might Affect Allospecific Vocal Learning in Grey Parrots ( Psittacus erithacus )....Pages 1098-1117
Conditions for Cognition....Pages 1118-1132
Neural Basis for Learning Motor Skills in Mammals....Pages 1134-1139
Evidence for Perceptual Learning in Vision....Pages 1140-1150
Neural Predictors for Detecting and Removing Redundant Information....Pages 1152-1167
Combining Uni-Modal Classifiers to Improve Learning....Pages 1168-1182
The Use of Being Stubborn and Introspective....Pages 1184-1200
Sensorimotor Mechanisms and Learning in the Locust Flight System....Pages 1202-1213
Combining Elementary Functions: Learning Approaches....Pages 1214-1239
Introduction to Volume 3....Pages 1240-1249
Biological Perspectives on Prerational Intelligence....Pages 1250-1326
Prerational Intelligence from the Perspective of Psychology....Pages 1328-1373
Prerational Intelligence from the Perspectives of Robotics and Engineering....Pages 1374-1398
Computer Science Perspectives on Prerational Intelligence....Pages 1400-1439
Mathematical Perspectives on Prerational Intelligence....Pages 1440-1484
Philosophical Perspectives on Representation, Goals, and Cognition....Pages 1486-1502
General Conclusions and Outlook for Future Work....Pages 1504-1522
Back Matter....Pages 1523-1609