Papers and articles (in the public domain or with iapct copyright) about Perceptual Control Theory
From Reorganization to Evolution and Back
The concept of reorganization as such is irrefutable, but how can it work? In this essay and final comments, Bill Powers touches on the source and evolution of his thinking over the years. […]
Every child wonders, sooner or later, how it is that simply wanting one’s hands, arms, legs, body, head, or eyes to move suffices to create the wanted result…. — So begins this lovely essay and overview of the fundamental issues that cry out for answers. […]
The BYTE articles are a book unto themselves – a four-part introduction to PCT and modeling. […]
The Road Not Taken to a scientific psychology. […]
Letter to Philip J. Runkel, November 8, 1985 […]
About Perceptual Control Theory (PCT), some history, status, and what you will experience when studying PCT. Highlights from an introductory essay William T. (Bill) Powers wrote in May, 1980 […]
Comparing behaviorism, cognitive psych and PCT.
Misapprehensions and misstatements. […]
William T. Powers Many people have some sense of what control is about, but very few understand clearly how control works and even fewer (including control engineers) understand clearly what a control systems controls: Not […]
An effective introductory summary of what PCT is all about, by Bill Powers […]
Dag Forssell This script and the accompanying video are designed to introduce and demonstrate the basic concept of PCT. The article Perceptual Control: Management Insight for Problem Solving, in the book: Management and Leadership: Insight […]
Timothy A. Carey and W. Thomas Bourbon https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/10534512060420010201
Heather C. Bell, Greg D. Bell, […], and Sergio M. Pellis (2015) https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1059712315607606
Henry H. Yin
Avraham Saig,* Goren Gordon,* Eldad Assa, Amos Arieli, and Ehud Ahissar 14022 • The Journal of Neuroscience, October 3, 2012 • 32(40):14022–14032 https://www.jneurosci.org/content/32/40/14022.short
Assembled by Sarah Alsawy & Warren Mansell (August 2012) Historical and Philosophical Context lntegrative & Transdiagnostic Theoretical articles PCT, Core Processes, Goal Conflict and Mental Health – Research Studies Method of Levels – lntroductory articles […]
William T. Powers, Bruce Abbott, Timothy A. Carey, David M. Goldstein, Warren Mansell, Richard S. Marken, Bruce Nevin, Richard Robertson, & Martin Taylor (2011)
`‘EUREKA!’ Published on PCTweb 20th June 2011
An introduction to Perceptual Control Theory, contrasting it with basic ideas in contemporary science of psychology. […]
Mathew E. Diamond, and Ehud Ahissar Open Archive DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2007.11.006 https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(07)00871-9?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0896627307008719%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
GARY A. CZIKO (2001) Teacher Adoption of Technology: A Perceptual Control Theory Perspective.
William T. Powers Proceedings of the 1st European Workshop on Perceptual Control TheoryGregynog, The University of Wales23rd – 27th June 1994
Raymond Pavloski (1989) https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8986.1989.tb01953.x
A. R. Cools
“Quantitative Analysis of Purposive Systems: Some Spadework at the Foundations of Scientific Psychology“ William T. Powers Psychological Review, 1978, Vol. 85, No. 5, 417-435
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