Contents of Volume 18

No. 1. January, 2014


Cover Art: ”Fractal Clock”.
R. Downing
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Editorial Introduction: Education is a Dynamical System.
Dimitrios Stamovlasis & Matthijs Koopmans, pg. 1
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Nonlinear Change and the Black Box Problem in Educational Research.
Matthijs Koopmans, pg. 5
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A Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Approach to Real-Time Teacher Behavior: Differences between Teachers.
Helena J. M. Pennings, Mieke Brekelmans, Theo Wubbels, Anna C. van der Want, Luce C. A. Claessens & Jan van Tartwijk, pg. 23
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An Adaptive Process Model of Motor Learning: Insights for the Teaching of Motor Skills.
Go Tani, Umberto Cesar Correa, Luciano Basso, Rodolfo Novellino Benda, Herbert Ugrinowitsch & Koji Choshi, pg. 47
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Ought-Approach versus Ought-Avoidance: Nonlinear Effects on Arousal under Achievement Situations.
Dimitrios Stamovlasis & Georgios D. Sideridis, pg. 67
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A Dynamic Nonlinear Model for Educational Systems: A Simulation Study for Primary Education.
Porfirio Guevara, Luis Lopez, Alfred Posch & Roy Zuniga, pg. 91
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The Fractal Clock: Using Chaos to Bridge the Art-Science Divide.
R. Downing & R. P. Taylor, pg. 109
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No. 2. April, 2014


Cover Art: ”Forks”.
R. Downing
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Nonparametric Tests for Serial Dependence Based on Runs.
Manuel Ruiz, Usula Faura, Matilde Lafuente & Mohammed H. I. Dore, pg. 123
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Nonlinear Dynamics of Runaways among Children and Adolescents: Disruptive Disorder or Step toward a Suicide Attempt?.
Helene Nicolis & Veronique Delvenne, pg. 137
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Dynamic Patterns in Psychotherapy - Discontinuous Changes and Critical Instabilities during the Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
Stephan Heinzel, Igor Tominschek & Gunter Schiepek, pg. 155
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Catastrophe Model of the Accident Process, Safety Climate, and Anxiety.
Stephen J. Guastello & Mark Lynn, pg. 177
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A Mathematical Model of ”Pride and Prejudice”.
Sergio Rinaldi, Fabio Della Rossa & Pietro Landi, pg. 199
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Key Word Index for NDPLS Articles 1997-2013.
Stephen J. Guastello, pg. 213
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No. 3. July, 2014


Cover Art: ”Flames”.
R. Downing
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Can Surface EMG Be Adequately Described by Digital Sampling?.
Lei Min, Nilanjan Sarkar, Meng Guang, Gu Yudong, Zhang Kaili & Tian Dong, pg. 229
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Collaborative Play in Young Children as a Complex Dynamic System: Revealing Gender Related Differences.
Henderien Steenbeek, Diny van der Aalsvoort & Paul van Geert, pg. 251
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The Role of Self-Injury in Behavioral Flexibility and Resilience.
David Pincus, Kiersten Eberle, Christin S. Walder, Aaron S. Kemp, Mohammed Lenjav & Curt A. Sandman, pg. 277
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The Performance-Variability Paradox, Financial Decision Making, and the Curious Case of Negative Hurst Exponents.
Stephen J. Guastello, Katherine Reiter, Anton Shircel, Paul Timm, Matthew Malon & Megan Fabisch, pg. 297
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Invoking the Muse: Dada”s Chaos.
Diane Rosen, pg. 329
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Book Review: Consciousness and the Brain Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts by Stanislas Dehaene.
pg. 345
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Manuscripts Accepted for Publication.
pg. 348
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No. 4. October, 2014


Cover Art: ”Sculptured Glass Hands”.
R. Downing
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Fractal Dynamics in Self-Evaluation Reveal Self-Concept Clarity.
Alexander E. Wong, Robin R. Vallacher & Andrzej Nowak, pg. 349
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Verbal Interactional Dominance and Coordinative Structure of Speech Rhythms of Staff and Clients with an Intellectual Disability.
Ellen Reuzel, Petri J. C. M. Embregts, Anna M. T. Bosman, Ralf F. A. Cox, Maroesjka van Nieuwenhuijzen & Andrew Jahoda, pg. 371
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Uncertainty in Cost Performance as a Function of the Cusp Catastrophe in the NASA Program Performance Management System.
Jonathan E. Butner, H. Lawrence Dyer, Thomas S. Malloy & Lucy V. Kranz, pg. 397
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Simulating Self-organization and Interference between Certain Hierarchical Structures.
Stanislaw Raczynski, pg. 419
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Fractional Brownian Functions as Mathematical Models of Natural Rhythm in Architecture.
Ivana M. Cirovic, pg. 435
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Book Review: Local Activity Principle, by Klaus Mainzer & Leon Chua.
pg. 465
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Ad Hoc Reviewers for 2013 / Color Graphics for 2014 / Manuscripts Accepted for Publication.
pg. 469
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