A model of an expectancy-driven and analogy-making actor

A model of autonomous actors is presented as an attempt to build a more encompassing cognitive architecture. Various cognitive phenomena, like expectations, planning, curiosity, analogy-making, motivation and attention, are encountered by the model. The actor´s knowledge about the environment is represented in a pseudo-conceptual network whose parts can be activated at different levels of activation. The nodes of this network are formed on the basis of the sensory inputs, while the links are formed on the basis of the motor actions. Generally, the actor has two main subsystems, a contemplating and a behavioral subsystem. The contemplating subsystem is responsible for problem solving by means of analogy-making, while having little or no influence from the environment. The behavioral subsystem is responsible for the execution of the pre-selected behavioral plans.