William T. Powers
…small changes convert von Holst’s model into a true negative feedback control system. lf we assume with von Holst that a similar architecture holds at higher levels in the nervous system, we have a hierarchy of control systems.
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
Modeling systems
William T. Powers (2009) We hear quite a lot about models such as weather models which can be used to predict what will happen in the next few days, or models of colliding galaxies which […]
Biology & Neuroscience
Control of Perception Should be Operationalized as a Fundamental Property of the Nervous System
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