Cognition as Systemogenesis

Alexandrov, Yuriy

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-19446-2_11

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“…Anokhin ; Shvyrkov ; Alexandrov ). We will first briefly outline the results of our many years of theoretical and experimental studies of the structure and dynamics of experience (for details see, e.g., Alexandrov & Sams ; Alexandrov ; Sozinova et al ), which will be used in the further analysis of regression.…”

Section: A Systems Approach To Regressionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Regression I. Experimental approaches to regression

Alexandrov¹,

Feldman

Svarnik³

et al. 2020

J Analytical Psychology

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The concept of regression is considered with an emphasis on the differences between the positions of Freud and Jung regarding its significance. The paper discusses the results of experimental analyses of individual experience dynamics (from gene expression changes and impulse neuronal activity in animals to prosocial behaviour in healthy humans at different ages, and humans in chronic pain) in those situations where regression occurs: stress, disease, learning, highly emotional states and alcohol intoxication. Common mechanisms of regression in all these situations are proposed. The mechanisms of regression can be described as reversible dedifferentiation, which is understood as a relative increase of the representation of low‐differentiated (older) systems in the actualized experience. In all of the cases of dedifferentiation mentioned above, the complexity of the systemic organization of behaviour significantly decreases.

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Section: A Systems Approach To Regressionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Regression I. Experimental approaches to regression

Alexandrov¹,

Feldman

Svarnik³

et al. 2020

J Analytical Psychology

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“…The most prominent evidence that specifically demonstrated the constructive principles of behaviour was discovered in experiments in kinesiology conducted by Nikolay Bernstein in the mid-1930s [20]. FC concepts were subsequently used in cybernetics [21], with more evidence appearing in neurophysiology [22][23][24][25][26][27], neurochemistry [2,17,[28][29][30][31][32], developmental and educational psychology [33][34][35][36], ecological psychology [37,38], mathematical modelling in psychology [39,40], psychology of perception [41,42], cognition [43][44][45][46] and emotions [47][48][49][50].…”

Section: (B) Functional Constructivismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Functionality versus dimensionality in psychological taxonomies, and a puzzle of emotional valence

Trofimova

2018

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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This paper applies evolutionary and functional constructivism approaches to the discussion of psychological taxonomies, as implemented in the neurochemical model Functional Ensemble of Temperament (FET). FET asserts that neurochemical systems developed in evolution to regulate functional-dynamical aspects of construction of actions: orientation, selection (integration), energetic maintenance, and management of automatic behavioural elements. As an example, the paper reviews the neurochemical mechanisms of interlocking between emotional dispositions and performance capacities. Research shows that there are no specific neurophysiological systems of positive or negative affect, and that emotional valence is rather an integrative product of many brain systems during estimations of needs and the capacities required to satisfy these needs. The interlocking between emotional valence and functional aspects of performance appears to be only partial since all monoamine and opioid receptor systems play important roles in non-emotional aspects of behaviour, in addition to emotionality. This suggests that the Positive/Negative Affect framework for DSM/ICD classifications of mental disorders oversimplifies the structure of non-emotionality symptoms of these disorders. Contingent dynamical relationships between neurochemical systems cannot be represented by linear statistical models searching for independent dimensions (such as factor analysis); nevertheless, these relationships should be reflected in psychological and psychiatric taxonomies.This article is part of the theme issue ‘Diverse perspectives on diversity: multi-disciplinary approaches to taxonomies of individual differences’.

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“…A large amount of data accommodated in the literature allows us to believe that one of the key characteristics of the human mentality, including the fact of its cultural or subcultural embeddedness, is the analyticity-holisticity of thinking [41,42]. Analyzing the co-evolution of the mentality types and institutional matrices, we can argue in favor of the predominant development of holistic strategies in non-Western countries, which are dominated by cooperative forms of interaction, and of analytical ones in the West, with a predominance of competitive forms of interaction [43,44].…”

Section: Holistic and Analytic Nature Of Thinking As A Culturally Spementioning

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The subject of behavior and dynamics of its states

Alexandrov

2018

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Introduction. The concept of a “subject of behavior” (SB) was formulated within the system-evolutionary theory in systemic psychophysiology. It is argued that the development of the concept of SB requires describing other components of this internally consistent theory. Theoretical review. This section reviews the theoretical and empirical grounds used by V.B. Shvyrkov to formulate the original foundations of the concepts of SB and “state of the subject of behavior” (SSB). SB is defined as the whole set of functional systems (elements of subjective experience) comprising memory. SSB is defined as a section of functional systems (part of the whole set) that are formed at different stages of individual development and simultaneously actualized in order to provide the deployment of a certain step of the behavioral continuum. Behavior is considered as the dynamics of SSBs, i.e. the transition from the state corresponding to one behavioral act of the continuum to the state corresponding to the next behavioral act. Results. This section reviews the results of theoretical and empirical development of the concepts of SB and SSB that was aimed to expand their factually supported meaning. This development has been implemented via the research paradigm of system psychophysiology representing a field of multidisciplinary studies focused on the mechanisms of formation and actualisation of experience in human and other animals during individual and collective behavior. I review neurogenetic bases of experience formation; dynamics of the formation of the structure of experience within a strategic game; variability of SSBs during consequent behaviors; the role of learning history during formation of the structure of experience; specific characteristics of various domains of experience; the unified theory of consciousness and emotion along with its implications; dynamics of SSBs underlying regression; properties of various forms of social interaction in individuals with holistic and analytical mentalities; the system mechanisms of moral judgement of actions; and results of mathematical modelling of SB formation. Conclusions. Results of the reviewed studies of SB and SSB demonstrate heuristic value of these concepts and their potential as methodological tools for coordinated development in various fields of psychology and neuroscience.

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Cognition as Systemogenesis

Cited by 9 publications

References 80 publications

Regression I. Experimental approaches to regression

Regression I. Experimental approaches to regression

Functionality versus dimensionality in psychological taxonomies, and a puzzle of emotional valence

The subject of behavior and dynamics of its states

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