?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=An+introduction+to+the+main+principles+of+emulation%3A+motor+control%2C+imagery%2C+and+perception&rft.creator=Grush%2C+Rick&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Computational+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Perceptual+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=Abstract%3A+A+framework+for+understanding+representational+capacities+of+nervous+systems+is+developed+and+explored.+The+framework+is+based+upon+constructs+from+control+theory+and+signal+processing%2C+most+prominently+forward+models+(aka+emulators)+and+Kalman+filters.+The+basic+idea+is+that+the+brain+constructs+models+or+emulators+for+entities+with+which+it+interacts%2C+such+as+the+body+and+environment.+During+normal+sensorimotor+behavior+these+models+are+run+in+parallel+with+the+modeled+system+in+order+to+enhance%2C+supplement+and+process+information+from+the+sensors.+These+models+can+also+be+taken+off-line+in+order+to+produce+imagery%2C+select+among+possible+actions%2C+and+solve+problems.+After+introducing+the+central+concepts%2C+the+framework+is+developed+in+the+contexts+of+motor+control%2C+imagery%2C+and++perception.+Other+potential+applications%2C+including+cognition+and+language%2C+are+briefly+explored.&rft.date=2002-02&rft.type=Departmental+Technical+Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2073%2F1%2Fintro-em.pdf&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2073%2F5%2Fintro-em.html&rft.identifier=++Grush%2C+Rick++(2002)+An+introduction+to+the+main+principles+of+emulation%3A+motor+control%2C+imagery%2C+and+perception.++%5BDepartmental+Technical+Report%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2073%2F