ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2021
Reafference and the origin of the self in early nervous system evolution.
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Abstract
Discussions of the function of early nervous systems usually focus on a causal flow from sensors to effectors, by which an animal coordinates its actions with exogenous changes in its environment. We propose, instead, that much early sensing was
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