CONTENTS 

 CHAPTER PAGE 



10 The Recurrent Situation 138 



Accumulation of adaptations. 



11 The Fully- joined System 148 



Adaptation-time. Cumulative adaptation. 



12 Temporary Independence 158 



Independence. The effects of constancy. The effects of 

 local stabilities. 



13 The System with Local Stabilities 171 



Progression to equilibrium. Dispersion. Localisation in the 

 poly stable system. 



14 Repetitive Stimuli and Habituation 184 



Habituation. Minor disturbances. 



15 Adaptation in Iterated and Serial Systems 192 



Iterated systems. Serial adaptation. 



16 Adaptation in the Multistable System 205 



The richly -joined environment. The poorly- joined environ- 

 ment. Retroactive inhibition. 



17 Ancillary Regulations 218 



Communication within the brain. Ancillary regulations. 

 Distribution of feedback. 



18 Amplifying Adaptation 231 



Selection in the state-determined system. Amplifying 

 adaptation. The origin of adaptive behaviour. 



APPENDIX 



19 The State-determined System 241 



The logic of mechanism. Canonical representation. Trans- 

 formations. 



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