Kanizsa illusory contours appearing in the plasmodium pattern of Physarum polycephalum

The plasmodium of Physarum polycephalum is often used in the implementation of non-linear computation to solve optimization problems, and this organismal feature was not used in this analysis to compute perception and/or sensation in humans. In this paper, we focused on the Kanizsa illusion, which i...

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Published in:Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology 2014, Vol.4, p.10-10
Main Authors: Tani, Iori, Yamachiyo, Masaki, Shirakawa, Tomohiro, Gunji, Yukio-Pegio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer Simulation
Humans
Microbiology
Microscopy
Optical Imaging
Physarum polycephalum - growth & development
Physarum polycephalum - physiology
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Summary:The plasmodium of Physarum polycephalum is often used in the implementation of non-linear computation to solve optimization problems, and this organismal feature was not used in this analysis to compute perception and/or sensation in humans. In this paper, we focused on the Kanizsa illusion, which is a well-known visual illusion resulting from the differentiation-integration of the visual field, and compared the illusion with the adaptive network in the plasmodium of P. polycephalum. We demonstrated that the network pattern mimicking the Kanizsa illusion can be produced by an asynchronous automata-fashioned model of the foraging slime mold and by the real plasmodia of P. polycephalum. Because the protoplasm of the plasmodium is transported depending on both local and global computation, it may contain differentiation-integration processes. In this sense, we can extend the idea of perception and computation.
ISSN:2235-2988
2235-2988
DOI:10.3389/fcimb.2014.00010