Figure 2
gives an overview of the ApeWorm "central nervous system" or control
system.
Two eyes
or retinas gather information about the exemplar that is analyzed to form an
exemplar inner model. The ApeWorm also analyzes it internal sensors to
construct a self inner model, or self image. If they match, the Ape control
function registers success and indicates to the muscle control functions to
stop movement. It also may reinforce the "synapses" or weights that
led to the success, including any temporal sequence involved. If there is No
Match, muscle control allows movement to continue.
It
should be noted that the compartmentalization of functions in Figure 2 need not
necessarily correspond to how the system is constructed. A neural model might
make it possible, or even necessary, to tightly integrate two or more, or even
all, of the functions that seem separate in this analysis.
