Do somatic markers need to be somatic? Analogies from evolution and from hardware interlocks

Johnson, Colin G. (2004) Do somatic markers need to be somatic? Analogies from evolution and from hardware interlocks. In: Proceedings of the AISB 2004 Convention.

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Abstract

This paper considers Damasio's concept of the somatic marker from two new perspectives. The first of these considers them from the point of view of Dawkins's concept of the extended phenotype. This is used to develop the idea of the extended somatic marker, viz. a marker which uses some non-somatic feature of the external world in a similar fashion to the somatic marker. Secondly an analogy is developed with the concept of hardware interlocks in safety-critical systems. This is used to suggest why it is important that somatic markers are bodily states and not just mental markers.

Item Type:	Conference or workshop item (Paper)
Uncontrolled keywords:	cognitive science, somatic marker hypothesis, body and mind
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science) > QA 76 Software, computer programming,
Divisions:	Faculties > Science Technology and Medical Studies > School of Computing > Applied and Interdisciplinary Informatics Group
Depositing User:	Mark Wheadon
Date Deposited:	24 Nov 2008 18:02
Last Modified:	06 Sep 2011 01:25
Resource URI:	http://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/14176 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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