How Basal Ganglia Outputs Generate Behavior

David M. Goldstein (2011)

Join us for the International Conference on Perceptual Control Theory (PCT) from November 13-15, 2024, with an additional annual meeting for IAPCT members & enthusiasts on November 18. This hybrid event offers both online and face-to-face programming in Perth, Australia, featuring a diverse range of speakers and topics. […]

This intro to PCT is slanted toward those coming into to this subject from the physical sciences. Bill Powers develops an argument that leads from conventional views of behavior to the new view that PCT gives us, emphasizing in the end the odd role that organisms, seen through the eyes of PCT, play in a world otherwise dominated by physical laws. The point will be to show that control theory provides us with the germ of a radically new understanding, a break with all traditional theories of behavior—and many new ones as well […]