Simulating the mind and applications – a theory-based chance for understanding psychic transformations in somatic symptom disorders

Figure 6 Creation of pain perception from the body sensors of the agent[62] Neural layer (layer 1): functions F12 generate the sensory inputs to the body (health sensor states/registering changes). Neurosymbolic layer (layer 2): this sensor value is then transferred to F13 which extracts symbols, containing actual values as well as connections to the symbol health status. Mental layer (layer 3): all this information is provided to the mental layer and further processed in F14 which generates a factual perception related to the representation of pain (i.e., unpleasure correlated to the pain level).