Palacios Adrian G, Bozinovic Francisco
Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias y Centro de Neurociencia de Valparaíso (CNV), Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile.
Biol Res. 2003;36(1):101-5. doi: 10.4067/s0716-97602003000100008.
We discuss the concept of Enaction as originally proposed by Varela. We attempt to exemplify through two specific topics, sensory ecology and behavior, as well as physiological and behavioral ecology, on which the enactive approach is based. We argue that sensory physiology allows us to explore the biological and cognitive meaning of animal 'private' sensory channels, beyond the scope of our own sensory capacity. Furthermore, after analyzing the interplay between factors that may impose limits upon an animal's use of time and energy, we call for a program of research in integrative and comparative biology that simultaneously considers evolutionary ecology (including physiological and behavioral ecology) and neurobiology (including cognitive mechanisms as well structural design). We believe that this approach represents a shift in scientific attitude among biologists concerning the place of biological and ecological topics in studies of integrative and comparative biology and biological diversity and vice versa.
我们讨论了瓦雷拉最初提出的生成认知概念。我们试图通过两个具体主题进行例证，即感官生态学和行为学，以及生成认知方法所基于的生理与行为生态学。我们认为，感官生理学使我们能够探索动物“私密”感官通道的生物学和认知意义，这超出了我们自身感官能力的范围。此外，在分析了可能限制动物时间和能量利用的因素之间的相互作用之后，我们呼吁开展一项综合与比较生物学的研究计划，该计划要同时考虑进化生态学（包括生理与行为生态学）和神经生物学（包括认知机制以及结构设计）。我们相信，这种方法代表了生物学家在综合与比较生物学以及生物多样性研究中，对生物和生态主题的地位的科学态度的转变，反之亦然。
