Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences, Vol. 13,2009
@2009 Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences


Volume 13, Issue 1, Jan, 2009

Cover art: "Balled Nubble".
Daniel Della-Bosca
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Introduction to the Special Issue on Psychomotor Coordination and Control.
Mark Shelhamer, pg. 1
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Nonlinear Dynamics of Motor Learning.
Gottfried Mayer-Kress, Karl M Newell, & Yeou-Teh Liu, pg. 3
Keywords: learning psychomotor skill, cusp, flow experience, Milnor attractor, time scale
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Dynamics of Multi-Articular Coordination in Neurobiological Systems.
Jia Yi Chow, Keith Davids, Chris Button, Robert Rein, Robert Hristovski, & Michael Koh, pg. 27
Keywords: perception, psychomotor skill, attractor, degeneracy, coordination
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Soft-Assembly of Sensorimotor Function.
Christopher T. Kello & Guy C. Van Orden, pg. 57
Keywords: 1/f noise, long-range correlations, metastability, criticality, relative coordination, soft-assembly, sensorimotor function, coordination
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1/f Scaling in Movement Time Changes with Practice in Precision Aiming.
Maarten L. Wijnants, Anna M. T. Bosman, Fred Hasselman, Ralf F. A. Cox, & Guy C. Van Orden, pg. 79
Keywords: fractal scaling relations, nonlinear dynamics, motor coordination, degrees of freedom, task complexity
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Attractor and Lyapunov Models for Reach and Grasp Movements with Application to Robot-assisted Therapy.
Stephen J. Guastello, Dominic E. Nathan, & Michelle J. Johnson, pg. 99
Keywords: reaching-to-grasp, minimum jerk, attractor, Lyapunov exponent, psychomotor coordination and control
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Complexity of Postural Control in Infants: Linear and Nonlinear Features Revealed by Principal Component Analysis.
Regina T. Harbourne, Joan E. Deffeyes, Anastasia Kyvelidou, & Nicholas Stergiou, pg. 123
Keywords: Infants, postural control, complexity, nonlinear, principal component analysis
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The Museum of Unnatural Form: A Visual and Tactile Experience of Fractals.
D. Della-Bosca & R. P. Taylor, pg. 145
Keywords: fractal, sculpture, 3D, visual arts
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Book Review: The Continuity of Mind by Michael Spivey.
pg. 155
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Volume 13, Issue 2, Apr, 2009

Cover art: "Cone Zigzag".
Daniel Della-Bosca
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Effects of Delays on the Basin Boundary of Attraction in a Hopfield Network of Two Delay-Connecting Neurons.
Jian Xu, Hui-lin Shang, & Yu Huang, pg. 161
Keywords: delay differential equation, neural network, basin of attraction, stability, self-feedback control
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The Long March: From Monofractals to Endogenous Multifractality in Heart Rate Variability Analysis.
Aydin A. Cecen & Cahit Erkal, pg. 181
Keywords: chaos, fractals, electrocardiogram, long memory, nonlinearity, surrogate data analysis
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Conceptual Problems in Cardiological Prediction.
Robert A. M. Gregson, pg. 209
Keywords: cardiac dynamics, singularities, system theory, micro and macro levels, epidemiology
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Endogenous Business Cycle Dynamics within Metzler's Inventory Model: Adding an Inventory Floor.
Irina Sushko, Michael Wegener, Frank Westerhoff, & Georg Zaklan, pg. 225
Keywords: inventory adjustments, business cycles, piecewise linear model, center bifurcation
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Book Review: Simultaneity: Temporal Structures and Observer Perspectives, edited by Suzanne Vrobel, Otto Rossler, and Terry Marks-Tarlow.
pg. 235
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Manuscripts Accepted for Publication.
pg. 240
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Volume 13, Issue 3, Jul, 2009

Cover art: "Blue".
Daniel Della-Bosca
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Frontispiece.
pg. 241
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The Impact of Edward Lorenz: An Introductory Overview.
Mohammed H. I. Dore, pg. 243
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The State of the Science of Nonlinear Dynamics in 1963.
Stephen J. Merrill, pg. 249
Keywords: Lorenz, Poincare, history, nonlinear dynamics
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Chaos Theory Before Lorenz.
J. Barkley Rosser, Jr., pg. 257
Keywords: butterfly effect, Poincare, Rayleigh, Plank, Cantor set, fractal dimension, Alfred Marshall, oscillators, Goodwin
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Simplifications of the Lorenz Attractor.
J. C. Sprott, pg. 271
Keywords: Lorenz, chaos, attractor, Lyapunov exponent
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The Butterfly Effect of the "Butterfly Effect".
Kevin J. Dooley, pg. 279
Keywords: Edward Lorenz, chaos theory, sensitive dependence, metaphor, Western culture
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Chaos as a Psychological Construct: Historical Roots, Principal Findings, and Current Growth Directions.
Stephen J. Guastello, pg. 289
Keywords: Chaos, neuroscience, cognitive, abnormal, psychomotor, group, organizations
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Chaos and Predictability in Population Dynamics.
Alexander B. Medvinsky, pg. 311
Keywords: chaos, predictability, population dynamics
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Chaos and Chaotic Dynamics in Economics.
Marisa Faggini, pg. 327
Keywords: chaos, economic models, time-series analysis, nonlinearity, control systems
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Science and Art: Emergence of Patterns from Nature's Chaos, Through Parallels Between Edward Lorenz and Yves Klein.
R. P. Taylor, pg. 341
Keywords: Lorenz, Yves Klein, patterns in nature, unpredictability, fractal geometry, Action Painting
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Manuscripts Accepted for Publication.
pg. 349
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Volume 13, Issue 4, Oct, 2009

Cover art: "Sphinx Tile Perspective".
Daniel Della-Bosca
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Nonlinear Detrended Fluctuation Analysis of Sitting Center-of-Pressure Data as an Early Measure of Motor Development Pathology in Infants.
Joan E. Deffeyes, Naomi Kochi, Regina T. Harbourne, Anastasia Kyvelidou, Wayne A. Stuberg, & Nicholas Stergiou, pg. 351
Keywords: fractal, detrended fluctuation analysis, postural sway, infant, sitting
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Target Dimension Affects 1/f Noise in Aiming.
Andre B. Valdez & Eric L. Amazeen, pg. 369
Keywords: 1/f noise, long-range dependence, fractal, ARFIMA, coordination
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Interdisciplinary Matrix in Economics: Two Applications to the Transition from Socialism to Capitalism.
Aleksander Jakimowicz, pg. 393
Keywords: interdisciplinary matrix, isomorphism principle, deterministic chaos, complexity, nonlinearity, econophysics, economic transformation
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Turning Points in Nonlinear Business Cycle Theories, Financial Crisis and the Global 2007-2008 Downturn.
Mohammed H.I. Dore & Ragiv V. Singh, pg. 423
Keywords: nonlinear business cycles, turning points, 2008 financial crisis, structural change, vector autoregression, recession
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Unemployment and Inflation Dynamics Prior to the Economic Downturn of 2007-2008.
Stephen J. Guastello & Adam Myers, pg. 445
Keywords: economic crisis, unemployment, inflation, Lyapunov exponent, chaos, attractor
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Book Review: Chaos in the Classroom: A new theory of teaching and learning, by E. J. Davis, T. J. Smith, & D. Leflore.
pg. 467
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Corrections / Ad Hoc Reviewers for 2008.
pg. 471
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