title: A proper metaphysics for cognitive performance.
abstract: The general failure to individuate component causes in cognitive performance suggests the need for an alternative metaphysics. The metaphysics of control hierarchy theory accommodates the fact of self-organization in nature and the possibility that intentional actions are self-organized. One key assumption is that interactions among processes dominate their intrinsic dynamics. Scaling relations in response time variability motivate this assumption in cognitive performance.
authors.affiliation: Cognitive Systems Group, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA. guy.van.orden@asu.edu
authors.forename: Guy C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Van Orden
authors.forename: Miguel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: John G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Holden
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D008678:Metaphysics; D011930:Reaction Time