# Editorial **URL:** \ **Category:** CSG1998\ **Created:** [November 12, 1998, 4:57pm UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/editorial/3856 "1998-11-12T16:57:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1

**Author:** ![Jeff\_Vancouver2](http://discourse.iapct.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b5ac83/32.png) [@Jeff\_Vancouver2](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/Jeff_Vancouver2)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 1998, 4:57pm UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/editorial/3856/1 "1998-11-12T16:57:49Z")

[from Jeff Vancouver 981112.1200 EST] > [Martin Taylor 981112 10:15] > I'm sending the papers for the PCT Special Issue of the International > Journal of Human-Computer Studies to the general editor as soon as I get > one author's changed address (tomorrow, I hope). Martin, Can you send that editorial over the web again (or me a copy). I have misplaced it. Jeffrey B. Vancouver Department of Psychology Ohio University Athens, OH 45701 phone: 740-593-1071 fax: 740-593-0579 vancouve@oak.cats.ohiou.edu ---

**Author:** ![Martin\_Taylor4](http://discourse.iapct.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@Martin\_Taylor4](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/Martin_Taylor4)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 1998, 10:06pm UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/editorial/3856/2 "1998-11-12T22:06:17Z")

[Martin Taylor 981112 16:58] > [from Jeff Vancouver 981112.1200 EST] > > > [Martin Taylor 981112 10:15] > > I'm sending the papers for the PCT Special Issue of the International > > Journal of Human-Computer Studies to the general editor as soon as I get > > one author's changed address (tomorrow, I hope). > > Martin, > > Can you send that editorial over the web again (or me a copy). I have > misplaced it. I've attached a Microsoft Word 6 version to this message (hope it works). > > Chris Cherpas (981112.0930 PT) > > BTW, Martin, there's a PCT Special Issue of IJHCS coming out? > > If so, could you describe what's going to be included? Near the end of the editorial is a very brief description of the papers. The editorial itself is something of a tutorial on PCT for the uninitiated. There are eight papers. Bourbon and Powers "Models and their Worlds," Powers Little Man (Arm Demo), Marken on a PCT approach to task allocation, Farrell et al (et al includes me) on Layered Protocol Theory, which is PCT applied to dialogue or user-machine interaction, Martin Taylor et al (et al includes Farrell) on the PCT innards of a dialogue, Haakma on using Layered Protocols to improve the interface in consumer electronics, Tucker et al on the Crowds demo, and Robertson et al on studying self-image. I hope the issue has some influence, but it probably won't. Martin Return-Path: owner-csgnet@POSTOFFICE.CSO.UIUC.EDU Received: from sj-mailhub-2.cisco.com (sj-mailhub-2.cisco.com [171.69.43.88]) by pilgrim.cisco.com (8.8.5-Cisco.1/8.6.5) with ESMTP id TAA18157 for \; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 19:57:13 -0500 (EST) Received: from proxy3.cisco.com (proxy3.cisco.com [192.31.7.90]) by sj-mailhub-2.cisco.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id RAA18793 for \; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 17:02:47 -0800 (PST) Received: (from smap@localhost) by proxy3.cisco.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) id QAA07568 for \; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 16:57:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from postoffice.cso.uiuc.edu(128.174.5.11) by proxy3.cisco.com via smap (V2.0) id xma007556; Fri, 13 Nov 98 00:57:06 GMT X-SMAP-Received-From: outside Received: from postoffice.cso.uiuc.edu (postoffice.cso.uiuc.edu [128.174.5.11]) by postoffice.cso.uiuc.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id SAA30602; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 18:54:43 -0600 Received: from POSTOFFICE.CSO.UIUC.EDU by POSTOFFICE.CSO.UIUC.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8b) with spool id 10705112 for CSGNET@POSTOFFICE.CSO.UIUC.EDU; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 18:54:41 -0600 Received: from snip.net (mail.snip.net [208.211.64.14]) by postoffice.cso.uiuc.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id SAA65656 for \; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 18:54:40 -0600 Received: from default [208.211.65.204] by snip.net (SMTPD32-4.06) id A3F32C2500E8; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 19:57:23 EDT MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Message-ID: \<002f01be0ea0$05e80300$1246d3d0@default\> [45 1998](http://discourse.iapct.org/uploads/short-url/ttGCpe5IpKGOqAznzQKKAlfwpGt) (101 Bytes) > **···** > > Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 19:52:37 -0500 > Reply-To: "Control Systems Group Network (CSGnet)" > \ > Sender: "Control Systems Group Network (CSGnet)" > \ > From: David Goldstein \ > Subject: Re: Thought Field Therapy and PCT > To: Multiple recipients of list CSGNET > \ > X-UIDL: d6265db8cb1820a0db67e2f5fcb8ca5c > > From: David Goldstein > Subject: Re: Thought Field Therapy and PCT [Marc Abrams (981111.2245)] > > Good questions Marc. > > Let me see if I can clarify my post. > > MOL is great and I intend to continue using it in my clinical work, and > working on how to do it more effectively. > > In this three day workshop which I attended on Thought Field Therapy, I was > struck by how quickly people could work on and gain some relief from a > problem which had a long history. I was surprised by the fact that a person > did not have to discuss the problem but just to think about it during the > treatment process. There was no going up a level. And yet there was a > reduction in the perceived upsetness experienced as the process unfolded. > For example, there was a man who gained relief from his long term fear of > heights within about 15 to 20 minutes. > > So, this workshop experience made me wonder about some things. One thought > is that higher level understandings are not always necessary to obtain > relief from some psychological problems. In this sense, I think that Thought > Field Therapy represents a challenge to MOL, or just about every talk > therapy which I know about. > > I was simply excited by learning something new and wanted to share it. I was > also puzzled when thinking about how could it possibly work given the PCT > framework. It is as if Thought Field Therapy allowed one to work on the > physiological activity which the error signal produced. And, as a result of > doing this, the error signal reduced or disappeared. It does not make PCT > sense. > > For the sake of not diverting CSGnet attention from PCT work, I don't intend > to say much more on the topic of Thought Field Therapy.