Control of perception should be operationalized as a fundamental property of the nervous system

Topics in Cognitive Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 257-261

  Mansell, Warren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control theory; Cybernetics; Hierarchy; Integrative; Interdisciplinary; Negative feedback

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONSCIOUSNESS; EVOLUTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LANGUAGE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMATE; SENSATION; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONSCIOUSNESS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LANGUAGE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMATES; SENSATION;

EID: 79961239901     PISSN: 17568757     EISSN: 17568765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-8765.2011.01140.x     Document Type: Article

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