William T. Powers
From Reorganization to Evolution and Back
The concept of reorganization as such is irrefutable, but how can it work? In this essay and final comments, Bill Powers touches on the source and evolution of his thinking over the years.
Biology & Neuroscience
BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR: HIERARCHY OF
FEEDBACK SYSTEMS AND CONTROL OF
INPUT
A. R. Cools
Biology & Neuroscience
Basal Ganglia Outputs Map Instantaneous Position Coordinates during Behavior
Joseph W. Barter, Suellen Li, Tatyana Sukharnikova, Mark A. Rossi, Ryan A. Bartholomew, and Henry H. Yin (2015) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mark-Rossi-5/publication/272165203_Basal_Ganglia_Outputs_Map_Instantaneous_Position_Coordinates_during_Behavior/links/54dcbf590cf25b09b912c829/Basal-Ganglia-Outputs-Map-Instantaneous-Position-Coordinates-during-Behavior.pdf
Bill Powers
A New Muscle Model
If you are going to reverse engineer and then simulate living organisms and how they move about, it is important to simulate all the physics correctly, such as the ray tracing included in the Little Man. Here is a paper that offers significant improvements regarding simulating the actions of muscles. […]