Format:
1 online resource (446 pages)
ISBN:
9780323998413
Content:
Intro -- Interdisciplinary Handbook of Perceptual Control Theory, Volume II -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Author biographies -- Preface -- Basic elements of perceptual control theory -- Components of control -- Levels of perception -- Reorganization -- Control of perception: The unique contribution of PCT -- Chapter overview -- Perception, consciousness, and imagination -- Computational and mathematical modeling -- Health applications -- Schooling and education -- The self and society -- References -- Section 1: Perception, consciousness, and imagination -- Chapter 1: Exploring the perceptual control hierarchy -- Introduction -- The basic control system -- One-to-many and many-to-one -- Level 1: Intensities -- Level 2: Sensations -- Level 3: Configurations -- Level 4: Transitions -- Level 5: Events -- Level 6: Relationships -- Level 7: Categories -- Level 8: Sequences -- Level 9: Programs -- Level 10: Principles -- Level 11: System concepts -- The top level -- Higher levels -- Control happens at many levels simultaneously -- Loss of control -- Exploring human experience -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 2: ``Conflict to collage´´: A perceptual control architecture to underpin human consciousness -- What is consciousness and why do we need it? -- Definitions -- Bounds of explanation -- Function -- Level 0: Purposive agency -- Level 1: Intrinsic systems and reorganization of the perceptual hierarchy -- Intrinsic versus perceptual systems -- Conflict resolution -- Consciousness goes beyond conflict resolution -- The collage of intrinsic systems -- Object perception -- Level 2: Controlled information integration rate, memory and imagination -- Memory -- Imagination -- Information integration rate -- Level 3: Propositional systems and volitional attention -- Propositional systems.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780323911658
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Interdisciplinary Handbook of Perceptual Control Theory, Volume II Oxford : Elsevier Science & Technology, 2023 ISBN 9780323911658
Language:
English
