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Each control system has its own memory;
there are as many localized memories as there are control systems; what is
recorded is a value of the perceptual variable that the control system
controls.
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The memory recording is what others call
long-term memory.
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There is no short-term memory component
described. However, I have previously referred to a communication with Bill in
which he theorizes about the reorganization system having an automatic and
voluntary component. I think this is the beginning of including short-term
memory into the model.
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The four different modes of each control
system are mutually exclusive. One can look at an object and do nothing
(passive mode), for example a tennis racket. One can remember an object that
one has looked at and do nothing (imagination mode). One can look at an object
and do something with it (control mode), for example grip a tennis racket in a
specific way (eastern, continental, western grip) and with a specific intensity
so that the wrist joint is locked or not locked. One can do something with an
object, which one has done frequently, which has become automatic (no
reorganization is needed) and which does not require monitoring (automatic
mode).
Thanks David. I’m attaching my own summary of the Memory Chapter, using your summary as the intro.
I think we should now skip to Ch. 17 on Emotion before doing the Experimental Methods chapter (16). Then I think we should finish up by spending at least 2 weeks on Ch. 18 on Conflict and Control; that is the chapter that has the most important implications for “applications”, those that can improve individual and social functioning.
·
Each control system has its own memory;
there are as many localized memories as there are control systems; what is
recorded is a value of the perceptual variable that the control system
controls.
·
The memory recording is what others call
long-term memory.
·
There is no short-term memory component
described. However, I have previously referred to a communication with Bill in
which he theorizes about the reorganization system having an automatic and
voluntary component. I think this is the beginning of including short-term
memory into the model.
·
The four different modes of each control
system are mutually exclusive. One can look at an object and do nothing
(passive mode), for example a tennis racket. One can remember an object that
one has looked at and do nothing (imagination mode). One can look at an object
and do something with it (control mode), for example grip a tennis racket in a
specific way (eastern, continental, western grip) and with a specific intensity
so that the wrist joint is locked or not locked. One can do something with an
object, which one has done frequently, which has become automatic (no
reorganization is needed) and which does not require monitoring (automatic
mode).