William T. Powers
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.
Biology & Neuroscience
Heather Bell´s PCT simulation of distance control in rival animals
Heather C. Bell, Greg D. Bell, […], and Sergio M. Pellis (2015) https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1059712315607606
Bill Powers
About Stimulus Response Theory and Perceptual Control Theory
A short post to the Control System Group network (CSGnet) on the difference between cataloging behaviors and modeling systems that use behaviors to control perceptions. […]
Books
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Approaches to a Science of Life. Word Pictures and Correlations versus Working Models
William T. Powers & Philip J. Runken Throughout this volume, Phil and Bill exchange candid assessments of the players, methods and dominant approaches in psychology and the social sciences, and the difficulties that go with […]