I can’t actually explain it compactly without assuming at least several of PCT’s background assumptions or conclusions, plus a variety of other material I’ve previously alluded to (such as the Somatic Marker Hypothesis).
Do you have a book recommendation for either subject?
“Behavior: The Control Of Perception” by William T. Powers. I first learned about the SMH from Temple Grandin’s “Animals In Translation”, but it’s hardly a reference. I just got the idea of feelings being used as a predictive mechanism from that, and read about the SMH (and other work by D’Amasio) later on. Affective asynchrony and reconsolidation are among the other concepts I’ve mentioned here in the past that are also involved.
ETA: Almost forgot, the MPF or “Memory Prediction Framework” adds some useful detail to PCT, effectively bridging a bit between the SMH and PCT. (This is another way in which SilasBarta errs in classifying my responses as “hammer syndrome”; I have a lot of stuff in my toolkit besides hammers. PCT just filled a gap and provided a nice organizational structure to connect and classify the other tools with.)
Oh, and btw, these various TLAs (two/three-letter acronyms) come from completely different people. PCT, MPF, AA, SMH, and reconsolidation were researched by entirely unrelated groups or individuals, with AFAIK no mutual interaction or knowledge.
Do you have a book recommendation for either subject?
“Behavior: The Control Of Perception” by William T. Powers. I first learned about the SMH from Temple Grandin’s “Animals In Translation”, but it’s hardly a reference. I just got the idea of feelings being used as a predictive mechanism from that, and read about the SMH (and other work by D’Amasio) later on. Affective asynchrony and reconsolidation are among the other concepts I’ve mentioned here in the past that are also involved.
ETA: Almost forgot, the MPF or “Memory Prediction Framework” adds some useful detail to PCT, effectively bridging a bit between the SMH and PCT. (This is another way in which SilasBarta errs in classifying my responses as “hammer syndrome”; I have a lot of stuff in my toolkit besides hammers. PCT just filled a gap and provided a nice organizational structure to connect and classify the other tools with.)
Oh, and btw, these various TLAs (two/three-letter acronyms) come from completely different people. PCT, MPF, AA, SMH, and reconsolidation were researched by entirely unrelated groups or individuals, with AFAIK no mutual interaction or knowledge.