Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences, Vol. 14,2010
@2010 Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences


Volume 14, Issue 1, Jan, 2010

Cover Art: "The Alchemist's Triumph".
Rob Harle
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Complexity Loss in Physiological Time Series of Patients in a Vegetative State.
Marco Sara & Francesca Pistoia, pg. 1
Keywords: approximate entropy, vegetative state, nonlinear, complexity, coma
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Evidence of Reduced Complexity in Self-report Data from Patients with Medically Unexplained Symptoms.
Christopher Burton, Rachel A. Heath, David Weller, & Michael Sharpe, pg. 15
Keywords: affective disorders, approximate entropy, models, nonlinear dynamics, somatoform disorders
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Oscillations in Daily Pain Prediction Accuracy.
Patrick H. Finan, Eric E. Hessler, Polemnia G. Amazeen, Jonathan Butner, Alex J. Zautra, & Howard Tennen, pg. 27
Keywords: pain prediction, damped oscillator, positive affect, negative affect, pain control
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How Nonlinear Systems Inform Meaning and Early Education.
Doris Pronin Fromberg, pg. 47
Keywords: nonlinear dynamic systems, chaos theory, complexity theory, isomorphism, meaning, play, early education, bifurcation, phase transition
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Numerical Explorations of R. M. Goodwin's Business Cycle Model.
Aleksander Jakimowicz, pg. 69
Keywords: nonlinear business cycle model, basins of attraction, fractal basin boundaries, chaotic saddle, BST method, bisection method, SST method, PIMtriple refinement procedure, basin boundary straddle trajectory, saddle straddle trajectory
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Asset Price and Wealth Dynamics as an Adaptive Belief System.
Serena Brianzoni, Cristiana Mammana, & Elisabetta Michetti, pg. 85
Keywords: asset pricing model, heterogeneous agents, wealth dynamics, bifurcation analysis, global dynamics
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Chaos, Archetypes, and the All-integrating Field.
Rob Harle, pg. 101
Keywords: fractals, all-integrating field, process philosophy, archetypes, chaos, zero-point field, computational art
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Volume 14, Issue 2, Apr, 2010

Cover Art: "The Birth of Ouroboros".
Rob Harle
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Analyzing Fractal Dynamics Employing R.
Tetiana Stadnytska, Simone Braun, & Joachim Werner, pg. 117
Keywords: fractal, ARFIMA, persistence, long memory, Monte Carlo experiments, R
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The Sheperd Equation and Chaos Identification.
Robert A. M. Gregson, pg. 145
Keywords: Sheperd model, dynamics, chaos, response function, Bayes, Lyapunov
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Attractor Divergence as a Metric for Assessing Walking Balance.
Max J. Kurz, Katerina Markopoulou, & Nicholas Stergiou, pg. 151
Keywords: Parkinson s disease, aging, gait, variability, Lyapunov exponent
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Variability of Lower Extremity Joint Kinematics During Backward Walking in a Virtual Environment.
Dimitrios Katsavelis, Mukul Mukherjee, Leslie Decker, & Nicholas Stergiou, pg. 165
Keywords: virtual reality, nonlinear analysis, locomotion, vision, optic flow
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Self-Organization and Leadership Emergence in Emergency Response Teams.
Stephen J. Guastello, pg. 179
Keywords: leadership emergence, swallowtail catastrophe, emergency response, competition, Stag Hunt
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Book Review: Psyche's Veil, by Terry Marks-Tarlow.
pg. 205
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Volume 14, Issue 3, Jul, 2010

Cover Art: 'Individuation'.
Rob Harle
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Archetypal Dynamics, Emergent Situations, and the Reality Game.
William Sulis, pg. 209
Keywords: objectification, process, semantic frame, tapestry, reality game
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The Effect of Virtual Reality on Gait Variability.
Dimitrios Katsavelis, Mukul Mukherjee, Leslie Decker, & Nicholas Stergiou, pg. 239
Keywords: virtual reality, nonlinear analysis, locomotion, vision, optic flow, approximate entropy
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The Selfish to Egalitarian Transition in Young Children: Developmental Processes versus Cooperative Interactions.
H. Nicolis & S. C. Nicolis, pg. 257
Keywords: selfish to egalitarian transition, mathematical modeling, cooperative behavior
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Team Coordination Dynamics.
Jamie C. Gorman, Polemnia G. Amazeen, & Nancy J. Cooke, pg. 265
Keywords: order parameter, control parameter, perturbations, stability, long-range correlation
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The Entropy Conservation Principle: Applications in Ergonomics and Human Factors.
S. Lee Hong, pg. 291
Keywords: entropy, conservation laws, ergonomics, information theory, human factors
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The Global Financial Crisis and the Great Recession of 2007-2009.
Mohammed H. I. Dore & Rajiv G. Singh, pg. 317
Keywords: financial crisis, deregulation, credit, VAR, vector error correction, Great Depression, global impact
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Book Review: Evolutionary Swarm Robotics Evolving Self-organising Behaviours in Groups of Autonomous Robots, by Vito Trianni.
pg. 343
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Volume 14, Issue 4, Oct, 2010

Cover Art: 'The Last Tea Ceremony'.
Rob Harle
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Cracking the Linear Lens.
David Katerndahl, pg. 349
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Nonlinear Dynamics in Biopsychosocial Resilience.
David Pincus & Annette Metten, pg. 353
Keywords: fractal, self-organization, health, wellness, complex adaptive system
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Homeobios: The Pattern of Heartbeats in Newborns, Adults, and Elderly Patients.
Hector Sabelli & Atoor Lawandow, pg. 381
Keywords: Heart rate variation, chaos, bios, novelty, creativity
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Nonlinear Dynamics of Seizure Prediction in a Rodent Model of Epilepsy.
Levi B. Good, Shivkumar Sabesan, Steven T. Marsh, Konstantinos Tsakalis, David M. Treiman, & Leon D. Iasemidis, pg. 411
Keywords: Epilepsy, Seizure Prediction, EEG, Dynamic Synchronization, Lyapunov Exponents
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New Directions Offered by the Dynamical Systems Approach to Bimanual Coordination for Therapeutic Intervention and Research in Stroke.
Rita Sleimen-Malkoun, Jean Jacques Temprado, Viktor K. Jirsa, & Eric Berton, pg. 435
Keywords: stroke, rehabilitation, upper-limb, bilateral arm training, coupling, dynamical systems
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Sexual Affordances, Perceptual-motor Invariance Extraction and Intentional Nonlinear Dynamics: Sexually Deviant and Non-deviant Patterns in Male Subjects.
Patrice Renaud, Mathieu Goyette, Sylvain Chartier, Simon Zhornitski, Dominique Trottier, Joanne-L Rouleau, Jean Proulx, Paul Fedoroff, John-P Bradford, Benoit Dassylva, & Stephane Bouchard, pg. 463
Keywords: paraphilia, perceptual-motor processes, invariance extraction, affordance, intentional dynamics
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Modeling Early Sexual Initiation among Young Adolescents Using Quantum and Continuous Behavior Change Methods: Implications for HIV Prevention.
Xinguang Chen, Sonja Lunn, Carole Harris, Xiaoming Li, Lynette Deveaux, Sharon Marshall, Leslie Cottrell, & Bonita Stanton, pg. 491
Keywords: quantum behavior change, cusp catastrophe model, sexual risk behavior, adolescents, HIV prevention
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Recurrent Patterns of Daily Intimate Partner Violence and Environment.
David Katerndahl, Robert Ferrer, Sandra Burge, Johanna Becho, & Robert Wood, pg. 511
Keywords: domestic violence, alcohol, orbital decomposition, symbolicdynamics
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The Dynamics of Health Care Reform - Learning from a Complex Adaptive Systems Theoretical Perspective.
Joachim P. Sturmberg & Carmel M. Martin, pg. 525
Keywords: nonlinear dynamics, health care reform, metaphors, complex adaptive systems, health
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Ad Hoc Reviewers for 2009 / Color Graphics for 2010 / Manuscripts Accepted for Publication in 2011.
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