Roger K. Moore (2023) Abstract: An important open question in human-robot interaction (HRI) is precisely when an agent should decide to communicate, particularly in a cooperative task. Perceptual Control Theory (PCT) tells us that agents […]
Editor: Heimann, Mikael Heimann, Mikael, ed. (2003). Regression periods in human infancy. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. ISBN 978-0805840988. Abstract Regression periods play a central role in the psychological development of the human baby. Studies of infants […]
Authors: Plas-Plooij, Xaviera; Plooij, Frans X.; Rijt-Plooij, Hetty van de. Plas-Plooij, Xaviera; Plooij, Frans X.; Rijt-Plooij, Hetty van de (2019). The wonder weeks: A stress-free guide to your baby’s behavior (6 ed.). New York: The […]
Bartley J. Madden Conventional psychology says your brain fits stimuli into a symbolic map of the world and calculates actions in response, an idea established in the early days of computers. But actually, even a […]
Endorsing the IAPCT and Perceptual Control Theory (PCT) We are pleased to showcase organizations that have indicated their support and endorsement of the International Association for Perceptual Control Theory (IAPCT) and Perceptual Control Theory (PCT). […]
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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. […]
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Discovering new perspectives. Method of Levels (MOL) in Spanish. […]
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Allison Powers established a Facebook page, WTPowersArchives, about Bill Powers’ personal archives at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Review and indexing of the materials is underway. Archivist: Kevin Leonard. […]
Martin Taylor, a long-time contributor to CSGnet considers his Layered Protocol Theory to be a subset of PCT. Here are some of his musings: http://www.mmtaylor.net/PCT/ […]
Management Consultant Fred Nickols has written several papers introducing PCT in plain management language […]
Professor of psychology at Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW), collaborated with Bill Powers on Windows programs for Bill’s 2008 book Living Control Systems III. Those programs are held in this repository, together with another of other computer programs that were developed to highlight various aspects of PCT. […]
Research Fellow at the school of computing sciences at the University of East Anglia and collaborator with Bill Powers on Bill’s 2008 book Living Control Systems III […]
Bruce Nevin, longtime PCT contributor, has written a number of papers about PCT for linguists and about linguistics for PCT researchers. […]
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