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. […]
Biology & Neuroscience
‘Coming Full Circle’: Is Control More Important Than Prediction?
Warren Mansell
Psychology & Mental Health
Psychology
In explaining how living things control their perception, PCT is clearly highly relevant to psychology. Contemporary articles are making the case to the wider establishment that closed-loop, circular causality is much closer to how living systems actually function than the approach researchers still use. […]