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Bradly Alicea, C. D., A. Lim, Jesse Parent
2021
2021
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Alicea, B., D., C., Lim, A., & Parent, J. (2021). Allostasis Machines: a model for understanding internal states and technological environments.
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Alicea, Bradly, C. D., A. Lim, and Jesse Parent. “Allostasis Machines: a Model for Understanding Internal States and Technological Environments,” 2021.
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Alicea, Bradly, et al. Allostasis Machines: a Model for Understanding Internal States and Technological Environments. 2021.
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@unpublished{bradly2021a,
title = {Allostasis Machines: a model for understanding internal states and technological environments},
year = {2021},
author = {Alicea, Bradly and D., C. and Lim, A. and Parent, Jesse}
}
Abstract
In the present paper we will approach enactivism from the perspective of internal regulation: while the environment shapes the organism, it is also true that organisms have complex internal states with regulatory machinery with a set of continuous phenotype-environment interactions. The aim of the present paper is to provide a visual means to analyze these interactions in individuals and computational agents alike. An essential component of our approach is the representation of continuous internal states through the usage of the single continuous indicator we call an Allostasis Machine (AM). Consequently, we consider potential perturbation regimes for both naturalistic and virtual environments: within the naturalistic cases, it is possible to observe the effects of perturbations in isolation, or as overlapping, multiplicative events. In virtual cases, we can observe perturbations as the outcome of both realistic and fantastical environments. To conclude, we discuss how AMs can be utilized to improve our understanding of both the theoretical basis of embodied interaction and the dynamic regulation of complex psychophysiological states.