What Makes Sammy-Samantha and Other Mammals Run? A First Round of Closure
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14983049 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arthur S Iberall (University of California, Irvine, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 109-139 |
| Publication date | 2000-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ecological Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1040-7413 • E-ISSN: 1532-6969 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1207/s15326969eco1202_01 |
| OpenAlex | W1973286886 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 34 |
This article attempts to bring a first round of closure to an entire series of articles on command control (1960–1995). This contribution is of significance for the Gibsonian program (e.g., Iberall, 1995). This article attempts to complete a primitive physical foundation for that control process, for the basis of attention, action, and so-called purposeful or intentional movement or change in all complex systems, particularly mammalian and human. It assumes and neglects the very high-speed reflex actions that are dealt with by the autonomic nervous system. A discussion is included on the general character of the dynamic problem of command control in all of nature. One of my previous articles in this journal (Iberall, 1995) sketched much of the homeokinetic (HK) framework but did not pursue the topics that are needed to complete the brain modeling that the HK approach makes possible. This article focuses on the role of pressure in running an animal (or plant) system and connecting that pressure, whether it be actual physical pressure or a transformed social pressure to the conduct of human activities, recognizing the entire range of possible value systems as studied, say, in cultural anthropology. A brief summary of some of the views of the development of ideas and contributions to the physics of fluid systems at various hierarchical levels is given in Appendix A. Throughout my career, while working out detailed accounts of processes at many levels of the physical, biological, and industrial world, I maintained commitment to strictly physical accounts and, in fact, to even achieving a thoroughgoing high hierarchical level of a social physics. The physics that has served best to span Requests for reprints should be sent to Arthur S. Iberall, 5070 Avenida del Sol, Laguna Woods, CA 92653
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| Citations per year | 0.22 |
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| Citation span | 2008 - 2020 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |