William T. Powers
Bill Powers discusses each of these acronyms: Control Theory, Perceptual Control Theory, Reality Therapy, The Method of Levels, and The International Association for Applied Control Theory.
Bill Powers
On Computing Output
Notes on the notion that the brain plans our movements and issues commands to muscles, pre-computing the precise muscle movements for people or robots. […]
Books
Regression periods in human infancy
Editor: Heimann, Mikael Heimann, Mikael, ed. (2003). Regression periods in human infancy. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. ISBN 978-0805840988. Abstract Regression periods play a central role in the psychological development of the human baby. Studies of infants […]
Bill Powers
Volition: a Semi-Scientific Essay
Every child wonders, sooner or later, how it is that simply wanting one’s hands, arms, legs, body, head, or eyes to move suffices to create the wanted result…. — So begins this lovely essay and overview of the fundamental issues that cry out for answers. […]