Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences, Vol. 1,1997
@1997 Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences


Volume 1, Issue 1, Jan, 1997

Science Evolves: An Introduction to Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences.
Stephen J. Guastello, pg. 1
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Nonlinear Coherence in Multivariate Research: Invariants and the Reconstruction of Attractors.
Frederick David Abraham, pg. 7
Keywords: dynamical system, nonlinear, time series, false nearest neighbors, Lyapunov exponents, singular-value decomposition, singular-value analysis, attractor reconstruction, attractor invariants, system invariants, chaos
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Fundamental Concepts of Collective Intelligence.
William Sulis, pg. 35
Keywords: collective intelligence, social insects, philosophy of mind, context dependency
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Applications of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Theory in Developmental Psychology: Motor and Cognitive Development.
Mary Ann Metzger, pg. 55
Keywords: developmental psychology, nonlinear dynamical systems, motor development
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A Complex Adaptive Systems Model of Organization Change.
Kevin J. Dooley, pg. 69
Keywords: organization development, management, agents, schema, organization learning
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Volume 1, Issue 2, Apr, 1997

The Representational Relation between Environmental Structures and Neural Systems: Autonomy and Environmental Dependency in Neural Knowledge Representation.
Markus F. Peschl, pg. 99
Keywords: cognition, computational neuroscience, connectionism, epistemology, knowledge representation, neural systems and dynamics
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Dynamics in the Development of Large Information Exchange Groups and Virtual Communities.
Stephen J. Guastello & Pierre Philippe, pg. 123
Keywords: group dynamics, population dynamics, coordination game, inverse power law, fixed point attractor, saddle point
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From Stochastics to Complexity in Models of Economic Instability.
Steve Keen, pg. 151
Keywords: history of economic thought, input-output models, business fluctuations, general financial markets, monetary growth models
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Volume 1, Issue 3, Jul, 1997

Studies of Mental "Noise".
Keith Clayton & Barbara Bruhns Frey, pg. 173
Keywords: pink noise, spectrum analysis, choice tasks, mental measurement, memory
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Embracing the Random in the Self-Organizing Psyche.
Jeffrey Goldstein, pg. 181
Keywords: process of self-organizing incorporation of the random are offered
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Creativity as Information: Measuring Aesthetic Attractions.
Lee H. McGavin, pg. 283
Keywords: information theory, fuzzy entropy, creativity
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BOOK REVIEW: Coping with chaos: Analysis of chaotic data and the exploitation of chaotic Systems, edited by Edward Ott, Tim Sauer, and James A. Yorke.
Frederick David Abraham, pg. 227
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BOOK REVIEW: Understanding nonlinear dynamics, by Daniel Kaplan and Leon Glass.
William Sulis, pg. 233
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Volume 1, Issue 4, Oct, 1997

The Application of Nonlinear Dynamics in Nursing Research.
Patti Hamilton, Jane Englebright Pollock, De Ann F. Mitchell, Angela E. Vicenzi, & Bruce J. West, pg. 237
Keywords: chaos, nonlinear dynamics, epidemiology, nursing, management, physiology
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Generalizations of the Lotka-Volterra Population Ecology Model: Theory, Simulation, and Applications.
Chang-Hyeon Choi, pg. 263
Keywords: organization theory, population ecology, chaos theory, dynamical systems, simulation
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Speculations on Nonlinear Speculative Bubbles.
J. Barkley Rosser, Jr., pg. 275
Keywords: speculation, bubbles, rationality, catastrophe, chaos
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About the Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology Life Sciences.
pg. 301
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Ad Hoc Reviewers for 1996.
pg. 305
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