Interoceptive Attention as Dynamic Homeostatic Prioritization in a Foraging Agent

arXiv:2608.04232 · cs.AI, q-bio.NC · Submitted 2026-08-04 · Read on arXiv

cs.AI, q-bio.NC

Submitted: 2026-08-04

Updated: 2026-08-04

Comments: Accepted at SAB 2026 (From Animals to Animats 18), forthcoming in the Springer Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence proceedings. 20 pages, 11 numbered figures (12 graphics), 5 tables. The 12-page camera-ready paper is reproduced without alteration and followed by supplementary analyses that were not part of the proceedings paper. Code: https://github.com/sgrimbly/attention-aif-sab2026-snapshot

Code: https://github.com/sgrimbly/attention-aif-sab2026-snapshot

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

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