Abstract
We revisit the perceptual crossing simulation studies, which are aimed at challenging methodological individualism in the analysis of social cognition by studying multi-agent real-time interactions. To date, all of these simulation studies have reported that it is practically impossible to evolve artificially a robust behavioral strategy without introducing temporal delays into the simulation. Also, all of the studies report on a single strategy: a perpetually crossing agent pair. Here, we systematically report on the evolutionary success of neural circuits on the perceptual crossing task, with and without sensory delay. We also report on two different strategies in the ensemble of successful solutions, only one of which had been discussed in the literature previously.