ABSTRACT
What is the role that basal ganglia play in mammals’ sensory-motor behaviour? When
organisms have different needs/goals, sometimes they have to associate slightly different
behaviours to the same perception patterns, some other times they have to associate
completely different behaviours to them. This work presents some simulations that
suggest that in the former case the differences are dealt with within the same
sensory-motor pathway (implemented by a neural module) while in the later cases
different sensory-motor pathways are selected. In fact if the behavioral response to
associate to a given perception were different with different needs/goals, using the same
neural synapses/ pathways would only cause interference. In this context basal ganglia
could play a role in selecting different sensory-motor pathways when necessary.
