Adaptivity: From metabolism to behavior

Adaptive Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 325-344

  Barandiaran, Xabier ^a   Moreno, Alvaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptivity; Autonomous systems; Decoupling of the nervous system; Definition of adaptive behavior; Minimal agency; Naturalist approach to normativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749156745     PISSN: 10597123     EISSN: 17412633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059712308093868     Document Type: Article

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