Perception as self-organizing interaction: embodied cognition, artificial intelligence, and autism.
Front Psychol March 30, 2026 Gerry Leisman, Raymond Roy, Rahela Alfasi
Perception has traditionally been conceptualized as the internal reconstruction of external stimuli, both in cognitive science and in artificial intelligence (AI). In this representational view, sensory systems transform input into internal models that guide cognition and action. However, converging evidence from neuroscience, perceptual science, developmental psychology, autism research,...