What Is Morphological Computation? On How the Body Contributes to Cognition and Control

What is it about?

It explains how the body contributes to intelligent behavior - and discusses whether this contribution is a form of computation or not (and what that implies).

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Why is it important?

We need a discussion what morphological computation is or could be, esp. if we consider how it fits in a framework that recognises how cognition or intelligence draws from resources other than central control. Readers of this paper should have a good idea what morphological computation is and whether it is a promising concept for cognitive science and robotics