Materials describing various applications of PCT, ordered in themes

The Reafference Principle and Control Theory.
William T. Powers
Materials describing various applications of PCT, ordered in themes
William T. Powers
Warren Mansell
Warren Mansell First published: 17 March 2011 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-8765.2011.01140.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1756-8765.2011.01140.x
Franz Mechsner, Dirk Kerzel, Günther Knoblich & Wolfgang Prinz Mechsner, F., Kerzel, D., Knoblich, G. et al. Perceptual basis of bimanual coordination. Nature 414, 69–73 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35102060 https://www.nature.com/articles/35102060
Warren Mansell When people feel like they aren’t in control of their lives, or they become too controlling, this can cause psychological problems. ASK expert in Perceptual Control Theory, Dr Warren Mansell, why finding the […]
Lydia Morrisa, Karina Lovellb, Phil McEvoyc, Richard Emsleyd, Lesley-Anne Cartere, Dawn Edgea, Rachel Batesc, Tanya Wallworkc and Warren Mansel In an RCT, the Take Control Course for up to 20 adults (transdiagnostic & based on […]
Marc Schwartz and Philip M. Sadler http://www.project2061.org/events/meetings/technology/tech2/schwartz-sadler.htm
William T. Powers (2011) In PCT, we say that organisms learn control, not behavior. But the meaning of that isn’t self-evident — isn’t controlling also behaving? The organization of a control system, in most cases, […]
William T. Powers (2010) The title of this paper is somewhat misleading, in that the Method of Levels (MOL) did not start out as an intentional synthesis of other therapeutic techniques. It was originally just […]
Timothy A. Carey Routledge; 1st edition (December 1, 2017) Book description Inappropriate health care is an escalating and expensive problem. It affects high income, middle income, and low income countries and wastes billions of dollars […]
Timothy A. Carey, Sara J. Tai, and Robert Griffiths Palgrave Macmillan; 1st ed. 2021 edition (April 5, 2021) Book Description This book offers a radically different perspective on the topic of health inequity. Carey, Tai, […]
Richard S. Marken, and Timothy A. Carey Australian Academic Press (February 3, 2016) Book description “We need to strive for a world where people control what is important to themselves while minimizing the controlling of […]
Timothy A. Carey New View Pubns (January 1, 2008) Book description Believing that people with psychological problems get themselves better, Australian clinical psychologist, academic and researcher Timothy A. Carey introduces readers to the Method of […]
Timothy A. Carey, Warren Mansell, and Sara J. Tai 2015, Routledge. ISBN 9780415738781 Book Description Many current approaches to the treatment of psychological problems focus on specific disorders and techniques that are purported to be […]
Warren Mansell, Timothy A. Carey, and Sara J. Tai Routledge; 1st edition (November 27, 2012) Book description Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is the treatment of choice for most mental health problems. Each different problem is […]
Timothy A. Carey “I’ve just finished the Method of Levels, and I’m astonished, delighted, and inspired. I was a psychotherapist for many years, using a variety of approaches (predominantly Gestalt Therapy, several versions of family […]
With the help and suggestions of MOL trainers, students, practitioners and PCT experts we have developed an instrument that is now ready to use: the MOLFI (Method of Levels Feedback Instrument). We describe the process […]
A proposal that the the emergence of negative feedback control and the emergence of life are the same thing. A picture emerges in which the basic principle of control runs like a unifying thread from the first living molecules to modern complex organisms. […]
William T. Powers Control of perception has been reported at very basic levels of life.
Bill Powers developed PCT with biology in mind. We can split the relevance of PCT into two parts – function and structure. […]
Spiritual truths, 21st Century Renaissance, Computer Games, Pop and Rock Music, & more! […]
To manage a successful business, you need to know what people want, how your business is perceived, and how to deal with people. It’s ripe for a PCT approach! […]
PCT is emerging as a force in robotics. PCT lends itself well to the fields of artificial intelligence and robotics because it provides an exact mathematical framework to model psychological processes. […]
In explaining how living things control their perception, PCT is clearly highly relevant to psychology. Contemporary articles are making the case to the wider establishment that closed-loop, circular causality is much closer to how living systems actually function than the approach researchers still use. […]
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