In Memoriam
David M. Goldstein
The following is from Richard S. Marken: Dr. David M. Goldstein, an early and enthusiastic supporter of PCT– his support began in 1980 – passed away on October 5, 2022. David was a colleague of […]
Month: August 2023
Introduction
Perceptual Control and Human Data Fusion
Martin Taylor Outline: Human Data Fusion 1. Introduction to concepts of Perceptual Control Theory.2. The Perceptual Control Hierarchy: Conflict and Learning.3. Information overload and modes of human perception.4. Side Effects of Perceptual Control: Stealth and […]
Education
What students are saying about PCT
Perceptual Control Theory is taught at the University of Manchester as a component of the Psychology degree. In a student group research project, we have analysed the facilitaors and obstacles to learning PCT – click here for […]
Other
The Principles of Perceptual Control Theory (PCT)
Warren Mansell
Psychology & Mental Health
Classification of Psychopathology and Unified Theory
Warren Mansell
Robotics and AI
Towards a control model of object recognition
R. Young and J. Illingworth
Robotics and AI
PRESENCE: A human-inspired architecture for speech-based human-machine interaction,
Moore, Roger K. (2007)
Robotics and AI
Synthetic Animation of Deaf Signing Gestures
Richard Kennaway
Robotics and AI
REACTIVE SPEECH SYNTHESIS: ACTIVELY MANAGING PHONETIC CONTRAST ALONG AN H&H CONTINUUM
Roger K. Moore, Mauro Nicolao
Books
Living Control Systems II
About Bill Powers Contents Page Foreword In 1979, Bill Powers wrote a prophecy: “A scientific revolution is just around the corner, and anyone with a personal computer can participate in it…. [T]he particular subject matter […]
Bill Powers
About William T. (Bill) Powers
August 29, 1026 – May 24, 2013 Bill provided this autobiographical sketch in July, 2006: I was in the Navy from age 17 to 19 (1944 to 1946), which is where I learned electronics, […]
Other
Fitting data to models
Martin M. Taylor (1995) Fitting data to models, Presentation to CSG 2005
Other
THE PROBLEM OF STIMULUS STRUCTURE IN THE BEHAVIOURAL THEORY OF PERCEPTION
Martin Taylor (1993) OCR from scan of South African Journal of Psychology, 1973, 3, 23-45 M.M.TAYLOR. DCIEM, Box 2000, Downsview, Ontario ABSTRACT In J. G. Taylor’s Behavioural Theory of Perception there is a problem in […]
Books
Rethinking Secondary Mental Healthcare. A Perceptual Control Theory Perspective
Robert Griffiths, Vyv Huddy, Stuart Eaton, Jasmine Waldorf, Warren Mansell ABSTRACT This book considers how principles derived from a theory of human behaviour – Perceptual Control Theory – can be configured to create mental health […]
Other
Principles for Intelligent Human-Computer Interaction
Martin Taylor (1992) Principles for intelligent human-computer interaction: a tutorial on layered protocol theory., DCIEM Report 93-32, Dept. Nat. Defence Canada.
Other
Control by Individuals and Societies
Martin Taylor (2005) In a 2005 presentation to the CSGnet Annual Meeting, I argued that protocols and collective control allow for the creation of organisations that are control systems, complete and entire, with people as […]
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