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Existing Schema for Action and Cognition Existing Schema for Action and Cognition
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Models of Action-Oriented Processing Models of Action-Oriented Processing
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Formal Models of Action and Cognition Formal Models of Action and Cognition
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State Spaces and Systems Biology State Spaces and Systems Biology
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Optimality Principles Optimality Principles
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Which Optimality Principle? Which Optimality Principle?
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Active Inference Active Inference
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Implications of the Modeling Approaches for a Paradigm Shift Implications of the Modeling Approaches for a Paradigm Shift
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Implication 1: From Open-Loop to Closed-Loop Theories Implication 1: From Open-Loop to Closed-Loop Theories
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Language as Action Language as Action
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Implication 2: Mental Representations as Inferences about External States Implication 2: Mental Representations as Inferences about External States
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Implication 3: The Key Role of Agential States Implication 3: The Key Role of Agential States
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Future Opportunities Future Opportunities
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Real-World Experimentation in Humans Real-World Experimentation in Humans
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Experimentation in Robotics Experimentation in Robotics
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10 Action-Oriented Models of Cognitive Processing: A Little Less Cogitation, A Little More Action Please
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Published:March 2016
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Abstract
This chapter considers action-oriented processing from a model-oriented standpoint. Possible relationships between action and cognition are reviewed in abstract or conceptual terms. We then turn to models of their interrelationships and role in mediating cognitively enriched behaviors. Examples of theories or models inspired by the action-oriented paradigm are briefly surveyed, with a particular focus on ideomotor theory and how it has developed over the past century. Formal versions of these theories are introduced, drawing on formulations in systems biology, information theory, and dynamical systems theory. An attempt is made to integrate these perspectives under the enactivist version of the Bayesian brain; namely, active inference. Implications of this formalism and, more generally, of action-oriented views of cognition are discussed and open issues that may be usefully pursued from a formal perspective are highlighted.
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