5 Questions
What is the main concept behind perceptual control theory (PCT)?
Maintaining a sensed variable at or near a reference value through negative feedback control loops
In engineering control theory, how are reference values typically set?
By a user outside the system
What distinguishes perceptual control theory from some models in behavioral and cognitive psychology?
It models negative feedback loop closed through the environment (circular causation)
What are examples of controlled perceptual variables with endogenously maintained reference values in living organisms?
Biological homeostasis and reflexes
In PCT research, where is the focus of publications?
Experimental psychology, neuroscience, ethology
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