Constraints on the dynamics of the NS

• Two main kinds of external constraint on the NS:

  • Innate constraints (Elman et al. 1996):
    • Chronotopic: timing of certain developmental processes
    • Global architectural: global neural pathways, kinds of connectivity, etc.
  • Value constraints:
    • Big perturbations of neural dynamics through specific signals: pain, hunger, pleasure, etc.

• The complexity of the possible neural dynamics is subdetermined by this constraints

• The dynamics of the NS enter a process of local self-organization and historical self-determination through interactions with the environment (internal and external)