Explore Perceptual Control Theory (PCT) and Method of Levels (MOL) with this new intro article in Spanish 📘 Descubre la Teoría del Control Perceptual (PCT) y el Método de Niveles (MOL) con este nuevo artículo introductorio en español 📘 https://t.co/G4vD6nCG7t

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@IntuitMachine What this paper really exposes is how often we confuse successful behavior with prediction. We see smooth human performance and assume the brain must be running complex simulations… when most of the time it’s simply minimizing error in real time. Perceptual Control Theory

A provocative alternative to predictive models in Neuroscience

" This suggests that assumptions of the comparator model [w.r.t. ideomotor model] should be reconsidered, specifically, that predictions do not have to be assumed to explain the emergence of SoA [sense of agency]." Interesting.

@IntuitMachine Here is the unintended writing study: https://t.co/ueWgUpCXAy

@IntuitMachine Full paper here: https://t.co/P8boip1rZd Video abstract here: https://t.co/Or8KF5N73n

We've become obsessed with the idea that the brain is a "Prediction Machine." The dominant theory in neuroscience says we're constantly simulating the future, calculating probabilities to guess what happens next. A new paper argues this is a complete illusion. The reality is

@warrenmansell @IntuitMachine Reorganization in PCT: Why it’s not prediction. PCT’s learning mechanism, reorganization (Powers, Marken, Mansell, is not simply another name for updating priors. It is a structurally distinct process with three defining features: 1. It is error-triggered, not

Great to see my ‘weird theory’ of consciousness in the comprehensive atlas… https://t.co/eZJeohuTQI

“Goals rather than predictions determine the sense of agency” This 2025 study came out too late for my Prediction Illusion article, but it adds to the accumulating evidence that the nervous system specifies goals rather than predicts outcomes of action. https://t.co/iJQfuEOm7R

Maturana, von Glasserfield & Powers American Society for Cybernetics 1988 Bill Powers describes the history & concepts of perceptual control theory in these proceedings. The flaw of of assuming cause & effect still haunt neuroscience & psychology… https://t.co/jzVGeZ87aT

Now published in New Ideas in Psychology! 🧠 This new understanding of consciousness and human behaviour has profound implications for Artificial Intelligence including Autonomous Vehicles. If an artificial system cannot perceive and control quality it will never be able to

CYBERNETIC MIMESIS: Attempting to grok individual agency & collective phenomena, I have managed to combine: (1) a control theoretic model of individual agency with (2) a social theory of collective behavior to create (3) an agent based model producing realistic booms and busts.

Important work: modeling shows booms & busts in collective activities (economy, societal collapses) emerge from perceptual control agents with a goal to mimic one another. Mimicry supports collective action but risks arbitrary pursuits & collapse. @harari_yuval @romankrznaric

A. Explain homeostasis as control of input by intrinsic systems B. Explain behaviour as the control of perception C. Explain conflict D. Describe hierarchy of perception E. Explain reorganisation as the development of a learned perceptual hierarchy driven by intrinsic error

Rupert Young builds on Powers et al. (1960) with a detailed analysis of what is the nature of the controlled variable during conscious experience - perceived quality - comprised of qualia, valence & performance. A great primer on consciousness research and PCT too. See thread:

Are all people equally conscious? Exciting news — my latest paper has been accepted for publication in New Ideas in Psychology! 📘 Title: Consciousness: The Control of the Perception of Quality (CoPoQ) 👤 Author: Dr. Rupert Young 🧠 Journal: New Ideas in Psychology (Elsevier)

Thrilled to announce my paper “Consciousness — The Control of Quality” accepted by New Ideas in Psychology! 🧠 It proposes consciousness as a disruption to optimum existence, enhancing interaction with the world & fading in Flow. 🔗 https://t.co/UqrJbl7H4o #Consciousness #PCT

@transdiagnostic Translation of this body of work into policy, practice, public understanding and the cultural lexicon is long overdue.

Open Access Now: Why Psychopathology Research Should Avoid Studying One Mental Disorder at a Time: An Intergenerational and Developmental Evidence Base for Understanding “p” https://t.co/ij5D7Izs7P @TimDalgleish