SENSORY MOTOR-LOOP
Charles François (2004). SENSORY MOTOR-LOOP, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(2): 3019.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(2) |
| ID | ◀ 3019 ▶ |
| Object type | General information, Methodology or model |
The circular relation between motor functions and sensory apparatus that characterizes our interpretations of our environment.
H.von FOERSTER says: “In 1895 POINCARÉ was, I believe, the first to connect movement, or the change in position with the change in perception , and who said: ”One interpretes the other“. that is, through my motor functions I interpret sensory input , and my sensory apparatus interpret motor inputs
- “ He adds that PIAGET found that in children”…their motor activity interprets their sensorium; that motoric changes their sensations; that a relationship exists between the change in body position and changes in sensation. the coupling of these two allows for the construction of what I claim to be the object (in German: “Gegenstand”) the one that stands up against (again in German: “ent-gegensteht”) (p. 21, 2002)
The sensory motorloop seems thus to be the necessary basic condition for any constructivist view.