Thinking as the control of imagination: a conceptual framework for goal-directed systems |
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Authors: | Giovanni Pezzulo Cristiano Castelfranchi |
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Institution: | (1) Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale “Antonio Zampolli”, CNR, Via Giuseppe Moruzzi, 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy;(2) Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione, CNR, Via S. Martino della Battaglia, 44, 00185 Rome, Italy |
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Abstract: | This paper offers a conceptual framework which (re)integrates goal-directed control, motivational processes, and executive
functions, and suggests a developmental pathway from situated action to higher level cognition. We first illustrate a basic
computational (control-theoretic) model of goal-directed action that makes use of internal modeling. We then show that by adding the problem of selection among multiple action alternatives motivation enters the scene, and
that the basic mechanisms of executive functions such as inhibition, the monitoring of progresses, and working memory, are
required for this system to work. Further, we elaborate on the idea that the off-line re-enactment of anticipatory mechanisms
used for action control gives rise to (embodied) mental simulations, and propose that thinking consists essentially in controlling
mental simulations rather than directly controlling behavior and perceptions. We conclude by sketching an evolutionary perspective
of this process, proposing that anticipation leveraged cognition, and by highlighting specific predictions of our model.
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Keywords: | Anticipation Control theory Goal Intention Internal modeling Simulation |
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