Behaviour -- Structure

• Some preliminary definitions:

  • STRUCTURE: is the subset of internal variables involved in a certain sensorimotor coupling (hyperdescription)
  • STRUCTURAL STABILITY: happens when a subset of internal variables remains stable or invariant during that coupling, allowing the structure to operate without interference
  • STRUCTURAL CHANGE: in given circumstances (different sensorimotor correlations) the structure can change and the old sensorimotor coupling is lost

• So structure sustains behaviour but it can be the case that behaviour sustains structure too because structural stability might depend on a given SM correlation