Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences, Vol. 16,2012
@2012 Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences


Volume 16, Issue 1, Jan, 2012

Cover Art: 'The Voice of Air'.
Susan Lowdermilk
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Brain Dynamics and Conscious Sequencing.
Robert A. M. Gregson & Sifis Micheloyannis, pg. 1
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An EEG Study of Brain Connectivity Dynamics at the Resting State.
Stavros I. Dimitriadis, Nikolaos A. Laskaris, Vasso Tsirka, Michael Vourkas, & Sifis Micheloyannis, pg. 5
Keywords: phase synchrony, evolving graphs, modularity, hubs, segregation motifs
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Cognitive Aspects of Chaos in Random Networks.
Gaetano L. Aiello, pg. 23
Keywords: connectivity, time series, cobweb diagrams, bifurcations, sleep stages
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Understanding Neuromotor Strategy During Functional Upper Extremity Tasks Using Symbolic Dynamics.
Dominic E. Nathan, Stephen J. Guastello, Robert W. Prost, & Dean C. Jeutter, pg. 37
Keywords: symbolic dynamics, upper extremity neuromotor control, reaching and grasping
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The Dynamic Matching of Neural and Cognitive Growth Cycles.
Annemarie Peltzer-Karpf, pg. 61
Keywords: (in-)determinism in language development, scene-segmentation, lexical and syntactic phase-transitions, modularity, chaotic itinerancy, fluctuations and stability, embodied structures
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Network Analysis and the Connectopathies: Current Research and Future Approaches.
Graeme Martin, pg. 79
Keywords: complex network analysis, connectopathies, brain mapping, Human Connectome Project
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The Transients of Virtual Fractals.
R. P. Taylor, pg. 91
Keywords: fractal, art, zoetrope, phenakistoscope, vision persistence
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Key Word Index for NDPLS Articles 1997-2011.
Stephen J. Guastello, pg. 97
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Volume 16, Issue 2, Apr, 2012

Cover Art: 'Flames'.
Susan Lowdermilk
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Causal Tapestries for Psychology and Physics.
William H. Sulis, pg. 113
Keywords: causal tapestry, transient now, Lorentz invariance, process theory, dimension
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Some Critical Aspects of Fractality Research.
Tatjana Stadnitski, pg. 137
Keywords: fractal, 1/f noise, ARFIMA, long memory, cognitive performance, response time
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Gender Consistency and Flexibility: Using Dynamics to Understand the Relationship Between Gender and Adjustment.
Matthew D. DiDonato, Carol L. Martin, Eric E. Hessler, Polemnia G. Amazeen, Laura D. Hanish, & Richard A. Fabes, pg. 159
Keywords: gender typicality, gender flexibility, adjustment, dynamical systems
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The Game of Futsal as an Adaptive Process.
Umberto C. Correa, Fernando A. M. Alegre, Andrea M. Freudenheim, Suely dos Santos, & Go Tani, pg. 185
Keywords: open system, hierarchy, complexity, adaptation, variability, self-organization
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Endogenously Determined Cycles: Empirical Evidence from Livestock Industries.
Michael P. McCullough, Ray Huffaker, & Thomas L. Marsh, pg. 205
Keywords: business cycles, cattle cycles, pork cycles, phase space reconstruction, recurrence quantification analysis, surrogate data analysis
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Book Review: Psychoanalysis and Ecology at the Edge of Chaos: Complexity Theory: Deleuze/Guattari and Psychoanalysis for a Climcate in Crisis by Joseph Dodds.
pg. 233
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Volume 16, Issue 3, Jul, 2012

Cover Art: 'A Ritual to Read Together'.
Susan Lowdermilk
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Relationship Dynamics in the Development of Psychopathology: Introduction to the Special Issue.
T. Dishion, pg. 237
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Mother-infant Interaction and Quality of Child's Attachment: A Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Approach.
M. Angeles Cerezo, Rosa M. Trenado, & Gemma Pons-Salvador, pg. 243
Keywords: child attachment, maternal sensitivity, state-space grid, mother-child interaction
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Flexibility and Attractors in Context: Family Emotion Socialization Patterns and Children's Emotion Regulation in Late Childhood.
Erika S. Lunkenheimer, Tom Hollenstein, Jun Wang, & Ann M. Shields, pg. 269
Keywords: family interaction, emotion socialization, emotion regulation, dynamic systems
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Affective Dynamics in Triadic Peer Interactions in Early Childhood.
Lindsay A. Lavictoire, James Snyder, Mike Stoolmiller, & Tom Hollenstein, pg. 293
Keywords: state space grids, triads, peer interactions, affect, externalizing, internalizing, sociometric status
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A Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Analysis of Child Emotion Displays in Relation to Family Context and Child Adjustment: A Cox Hazard Approach.
James Snyder, Callie Brockman, & Mike Stoolmiller, pg. 313
Keywords: emotion displays, attractor strength, risk for problem behavior, social experience
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The Nonlinear Dynamics of Family Problem Solving in Adolescence: The Predictive Validity of a Peaceful Resolution Attractor.
Thomas J. Dishion, Marion Forgatch, Mark Van Ryzin, & Charlotte Winter, pg. 331
Keywords: coercion theory, entropy, antisocial behavior, nonlinear dynamics
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A Characteristic Destabilization Profile in Parent-Child Interactions Associated with Treatment Efficacy for Aggressive Children.
Anna Lichtwarck-Aschoff, Fred Hasselman, Ralf Cox, Debra Pepler, & Isabela Granic, pg. 353
Keywords: phase transition, psychotherapy processes, parent-child interactions, recurrence analysis, entropy
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Some Observations on State Space Grids and Closely Related Nonlinear Methods.
Stephen J. Guastello, pg. 381
Keywords: state space grids, entropy symbolic dynamics, orbital decom-position, attractor
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Correction / Manuscripts Accepted for Publication.
pg. 385
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Volume 16, Issue 4, Oct, 2012

Cover Art: 'Twister'.
Susan Lowdermilk
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Spatiotemporal Chaos in Easter Island Ecology.
J. C. Sprott, pg. 387
Keywords: chaos, Easter Island, ecology, population dynamics, Turing instability
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Capturing and Quantifying the Dynamics of Valenced Emotions and Valenced Events of the Organism-Environment System.
Robert W. Isenhower, T. D. Frank, Bruce A. Kay, & Claudia Carello, pg. 397
Keywords: affective dynamics, attractors, fractals, experience-sampling, time series analysis
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Nonlinear Bifurcations of Psychological Stress Negotiation: New Properties of a Formal Dynamical Model.
Lawrence R. Levy, Weiguang Yao, George McGuire, Dan N. Vollick, Jennifer Jette, Matthew J. Shanahan, James M. Hay, & Richard W. J. Neufeld, pg. 429
Keywords: stress, coping, dynamical systems, decisional control
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Mathematical Models of Panic Disorder.
Takao Fukano & Yukio-Pegio Gunji, pg. 457
Keywords: differential equations, mathematical modeling, nonlinear dynamical systems, panic disorder, medication
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New Paradigm for Task Switching Strategies While Performing Multiple Tasks: Entropy and Symbolic Dynamics Analysis of Voluntary Patterns.
Stephen J. Guastello, Hillary Gorin, Samuel Huschen, Natalie E. Peters, Megan Fabisch, & Kirsten Poston, pg. 471
Keywords: topological entropy, Shannon entropy, orbital decomposition, task switching, fatigue, performance
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Book Review: Psychoanalysis and Ecology at the Edge of Chaos: Complexity Theory: Deleuze/Guattari and Psychoanalysis for a Climcate in Crisis by Joseph Dodds.
pg. 498
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Abstracts to the 2011-2012 Conferences of the Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences / Ad Hoc Reviewers for 2011 / Color Graphics for 2012 / Manuscripts Accepted for Publication / Index Services for NDPLS.
pg. 501
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