Metabolic constraints and the limits of cognitive modularity.

IF 8.2 1区心理学 Q1 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Behavioral and Brain Sciences Pub Date : 2026-10-02 DOI:10.1017/S0140525X26106062

David Moreau, Kristina Wiebels

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Abstract

Building on Haueis and Colaço, we argue that metabolic considerations should also constrain cognitive architecture. Globally shared and dynamic resources make strong modularity difficult to justify. Rather than fixed features, modules may reflect local optima within a metabolically constrained landscape - stable under typical conditions but liable to break down under perturbation. Metabolic perturbations thus provide diagnostic tools for architectural assumptions.

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代谢约束和认知模块化的限制。

在Haueis和cola的基础上，我们认为代谢方面的考虑也应该限制认知架构。全局共享和动态的资源使得强大的模块化难以证明其合理性。而不是固定的特征，模块可能反映局部最优代谢受限的景观-在典型条件下稳定，但在扰动下容易分解。因此，代谢扰动为建筑假设提供了诊断工具。

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences 医学-行为科学

CiteScore

1.40

自引率

1.70%

发文量

353

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