On the Relation between cognition and behaviour

The roles of sensory-motor coordination in categorizationBehavioral categorization, i.e. i.e. skills in in which behavioral differentiationarises as as a result of of sequences of of interactions between the the agent, its itsbody, and and the the environment that that are are not not mediated by by a categoricalperceptual process. [Nolfi, [Nolfi, 2002] 2002]Active categorical perception, i.e. i.e. skills in in which the the way way in in which the theagent interacts with with its its environment ensures that that the the stimuli experiencedby by the the agents present the the regularities that that can can be be used to to perceptuallydifferentiate functionally different situations. [Pfeifer [Pfeifer& Scheier, Scheier, 1997; 1997; Lungarella Lungarella& Pfeifer, Pfeifer, 2001; 2001; Beer, Beer, 2003] 2003]Action-mediated categorization, i.e. i.e. skills in in which perceptualcategories are are based on on agent/environmental regularities that that are aregenerated through agent-environmental interactions [Nolfi, [Nolfi, 2005] 2005]The The exhibition of of selected behavioral skills might facilitate the thedevelopment of of categorization abilities to to be be acquired through learning[Metta [Mettaet et al., al., 1999; 1999; Metta Mettaand and Fitzpatrick, Fitzpatrick, 2003] 2003]