?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Proposing+a+new+focus+for+the+study+of+natural+and+artificial+cognitive+systems&rft.creator=Hershberg%2C+Uri&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.description=In+the+study+of+systems+the+function+of+the+system+is+often+a+good+hint+to+how+it+works.+In+the+following+paper+I+would+like+to+suggest+that+in+studying+or+modeling+a+cognitive+system+our+pre-knowledge+of+their+functions+should+be+treated+carefully.+We+should+focus+on+the+statistical+distribution+of+the+system's+environment+and+the+ways+this+distribution+affects+the+behavior+and+development+of+the+cognitive+system.+I+will+show+an+example+of+how+such+a+focus+changes+the+view+of+the+immune+system.+I+would+also+like+to+show+how+this+new+outlook+on+the+study+of+cognitive+systems+could+affect+attempts+at+creating+artifcial+cognitive+system.&rft.publisher=Lund+University+Cognitive+Studies&rft.contributor=Prince%2C+Christopher+G.&rft.contributor=Demiris%2C+Yiannis&rft.contributor=Marom%2C+Yuval&rft.contributor=Kozima%2C+Hideki&rft.contributor=Balkenius%2C+Christian&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Conference+Poster&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2510%2F1%2FHershberg.pdf&rft.identifier=++Hershberg%2C+Uri++(2002)+Proposing+a+new+focus+for+the+study+of+natural+and+artificial+cognitive+systems.++%5BConference+Poster%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2510%2F