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Dr Matthew Spencer, a post-doctoral researcher in the Brain Embodiment Lab<\/a>\u00a0<\/i>at University of Reading, will give a talk on:<\/p>\n

Emergent representations from stochastic diffusion dynamics<\/p>\n

Gordon Lecture Theatre at 3pm on Wednesday, March 19th<\/sup>.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0All welcome.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Abstract<\/b>:<\/p>\n

Representationalist theories of mind hold that internal representations of objects in the environment underpin natural cognitive abilities. Cognitivist accounts of representation describe these representations as manipulable internal objects which maintain stable reference to external entities, but have\u00a0 difficulty explaining how these symbols might be grounded such that they have meaning intrinsic to the agent. Alternatively, enactive cognitive science regards representations as behaviour-generating patterns or constraints on the agent’s continuous interaction with its environment. These patterns are conceived as being fundamentally grounded in and emergent from the constitutive autonomy enabled by agent- environment interaction. The enactive\u00a0 approach describes a richer, more organic form of environmental coupling and therefore provides a compelling basis for the emergence of natural cognition.\u00a0 In this talk, I explore the emergence of such enactive representations using Stochastic Diffusion Search (SDS) as a metaphor.<\/p>\n

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