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Contributors | p. xi |
Preface | p. xiii |
Introduction to Nonlinear Dynamics and Complexity | p. 1 |
Elephants and Horses | p. 1 |
General Systems Theories and Paradigms | p. 2 |
Elements of NDS Functions | p. 4 |
Attractors and Chaos | p. 6 |
Bifurcations and Chaos | p. 14 |
Fractals and Power Laws | p. 16 |
Self-Organization | p. 23 |
Catastrophe Theory | p. 28 |
Computational Methods for NDS | p. 31 |
Summary | p. 35 |
References | p. 36 |
Collective Intelligence: Observations and Models | p. 41 |
Introduction | p. 41 |
Models of Collective Intelligence | p. 43 |
Observations of Social Insect Behavior | p. 49 |
Conclusion | p. 65 |
References | p. 66 |
Neurodynamics and Electrocortical Activity | p. 73 |
Introduction | p. 73 |
Basics of Cortical Activity and EEG | p. 73 |
Digital EEG, Records, and Measure | p. 75 |
Clinical and Cognitive Mathematical Phenomenology of EEG | p. 77 |
Artificial Learning and Neural Networks | p. 79 |
Freeman Cortical Networks and Other Sigmoidal Models | p. 81 |
Hopfield's Integrate and Fire Neurons: Networks of Spiking Neurons | p. 83 |
The Hodgkin-Huxley Circuit and Other Neurodynamic Models | p. 85 |
Bifurcation, Chaos, and Stochastic Resonance in Neurodynamics | p. 88 |
AP Propagation and TMS | p. 92 |
Cortex Stimulation: Associative Memory and Binding | p. 95 |
Concluding Remarks and Perspectives | p. 97 |
Spectral Coherence | p. 98 |
References | p. 99 |
Psychophysics | p. 108 |
Introduction | p. 108 |
The Ubiquitous Ogive | p. 112 |
Transients | p. 116 |
Hysteresis | p. 118 |
Dimensions in Parallel | p. 119 |
Extensions to Networks | p. 122 |
Fast and Slow Dynamics | p. 123 |
The Existence of Inverses | p. 124 |
Variations in Response-Time Durations | p. 125 |
Conclusion | p. 127 |
References | p. 128 |
Temporal and Spatial Patterns in Perceptual Behavior: Implications for Dynamical Structure | p. 132 |
Introduction | p. 132 |
Shifts to the NDS Paradigm | p. 133 |
Response Time and Eye Tracking | p. 135 |
RT, Search, and Data Skew | p. 136 |
Measuring Temporal Dependencies, Scaling, and Rates of Decay | p. 143 |
Changing Behavioral Patterns Across Conditions: Previous Findings | p. 148 |
Intrinsic versus Extrinsic Dynamics in Neural Activity | p. 150 |
Assessing Image Complexity and Visual Search Dynamics | p. 153 |
Results for Image Complexity and Visual Search Dynamics | p. 159 |
General Discussion and Conclusions | p. 163 |
References | p. 170 |
Embodied and Embedded: The Dynamics of Extracting Perceptual Visual Invariants | p. 177 |
Perceptual Stability and Lability | p. 177 |
Visual Perception and Constancy of Position | p. 177 |
Perception of Position Constancy | p. 178 |
Fractal Perceptual-Motor Responses | p. 180 |
Dynamics of Action-Perception Cycles | p. 181 |
Intentional Dynamics and Invariance Extraction | p. 183 |
Perceptual Constancy and Visual Search: Predictions and Methods | p. 184 |
Results and Discussion for Perceptual Constancy and Visual Search | p. 192 |
Conclusion | p. 199 |
References | p. 201 |
Origins of Order in Cognitive Activity | p. 206 |
Origins of Order in Cognitive Activity | p. 206 |
Order and Information Processing | p. 207 |
Emergence of Order in Complex Systems | p. 211 |
Evidence for Self-Organized Order in Cognition | p. 218 |
Summary and New Questions | p. 233 |
References | p. 234 |
Nonlinear Complex Dynamical Systems in Developmental Psychology | p. 242 |
Introduction | p. 242 |
Dynamical Systems and Explanatory Adequacy | p. 243 |
Development and the Dynamics of Long-Term Change | p. 248 |
Action and the Dynamics of Short-Term Change | p. 252 |
Developmental Phenomena from the NDS Viewpoint | p. 256 |
Fuzziness, Ambiguity, and the Developmental Construction of Novelty | p. 267 |
And Where's the Brain? | p. 270 |
Conclusion: The Complex Dynamics of Development | p. 271 |
References | p. 272 |
Developmental Psychopathology: Maladaptive and Adaptive Attractors in Children's Close Relationships | p. 282 |
Introduction | p. 282 |
Developmental Psychopathology | p. 283 |
Application of NDS Theory to Developmental Psychopathology | p. 287 |
Relationships as Nonlinear Dynamical Systems | p. 288 |
NDS Analytic Methods in Developmental Psychopathology | p. 290 |
New Directions in the Study of Attractors | p. 295 |
Implications for Intervention Science | p. 298 |
References | p. 300 |
Psychopathology | p. 307 |
Introduction | p. 307 |
The Dynamical Disease Approach | p. 308 |
The Complexity Theory Approach | p. 314 |
Empirical Examination of Perceptional Organization and Schizophrenia | p. 317 |
Gestalt Studies, Complexity, and Schizophrenia | p. 324 |
General Discussion and Conclusions | p. 325 |
References | p. 330 |
Coherence, Complexity, and Information Flow: Self-Organizing Processes in Psychotherapy | p. 335 |
The True Nature of Psychotherapy | p. 335 |
From Roots to Branches: Historical Development of the Process-Oriented Psychotherapies | p. 337 |
The Nonlinear Elephant in the Office: The Common NDS Assumptions of Therapy Process | p. 350 |
Empirical Validation of the 5-R Model | p. 356 |
Related Empirical Results Using the NDS Perspective | p. 357 |
Summary and Conclusions | p. 361 |
References | p. 364 |
The Dynamics of Human Experience: Fundamentals of Dynamical Social Psychology | p. 370 |
Introduction | p. 370 |
The Dynamical Perspective | p. 372 |
Dynamical Minimalism | p. 381 |
The Dynamics of Social Influence | p. 383 |
Dynamics of Interpersonal Synchronization | p. 388 |
The Trajectory of Dynamical Social Psychology | p. 393 |
References | p. 395 |
Group Dynamics: Adaptation, Coordination, and the Emergence of Leaders | p. 402 |
Introduction | p. 402 |
Adaptive Behavior | p. 403 |
Coordination Intersection Type | p. 407 |
Coordination: Stag Hunt Type | p. 414 |
Self-Organization and Leadership Emergence | p. 418 |
Summary | p. 425 |
References | p. 427 |
Organizational Psychology | p. 434 |
Introduction | p. 434 |
Why Do We Need Complexity Science? | p. 435 |
How Has Complexity Science Been Used to Study Organizations? | p. 440 |
Predictions About Future Developments in Organizational Science | p. 443 |
Summary | p. 445 |
References | p. 446 |
Complexity, Evolution, and Organizational Behavior | p. 452 |
Introduction | p. 452 |
Evolutionary Drive | p. 454 |
Ignorance and Learning | p. 455 |
Complexity and Evolutionary Drive | p. 459 |
Modeling Human Systems | p. 462 |
Conclusions | p. 470 |
References | p. 472 |
Agent-Based Modeling Within a Dynamic Network | p. 475 |
Introduction | p. 475 |
History of Social Simulation and Network Analysis | p. 477 |
Agent-Based Simulation as a Research Strategy | p. 482 |
Applied Agent-Based Simulations | p. 483 |
Designing an Agent-Based Dynamic Network Simulation | p. 485 |
Simulation Software Platforms and Tools | p. 494 |
Limitations | p. 496 |
Implications for Researchers | p. 497 |
References | p. 498 |
Epilogue: Psychology at the Edge of Chaos | p. 506 |
Introduction | p. 506 |
Psychology as a Sleeping Beauty | p. 507 |
The Roles of NDS in Psychology | p. 509 |
Context, Evolution, and Growing Points | p. 518 |
Future Challenges | p. 522 |
References | p. 524 |
Index | p. 527 |
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