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
Keywords: randomized control trial designs, self-organized criticality, black box problem, nonlinear change
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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
Keywords: real-time interpersonal teacher behavior, interpersonal theory, state space grid, nonlinear dynamic systems
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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
Keywords: adaptation, complexity, non-equilibrium, teaching-learning, motor skill
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Ought-Approach versus Ought-Avoidance: Nonlinear Effects on Arousal under Achievement Situations.
Dimitrios Stamovlasis & Georgios D. Sideridis, pg. 67
Keywords: ought-approach, ought-avoidance, motivation, self-regulation, heart rate, nonlinear dynamics, cusp catastrophe, self-organization
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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
Keywords: feedback, complexity, nonlinearities, computer simulation, forecasting
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The Fractal Clock: Using Chaos to Bridge the Art-Science Divide.
R. Downing & R. P. Taylor, pg. 109
Keywords: chaos, creativity, fractals, perception
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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
Keywords: serial dependence, nonparametric tests, runs test, symbolic dynamics
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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
Keywords: mental health, runaway adolescent, suicide, modeling, cooperation, treatment
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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
Keywords: process-outcome research, sudden gains, obsessive-compulsive disorder, nonlinear dynamics, critical instability
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Catastrophe Model of the Accident Process, Safety Climate, and Anxiety.
Stephen J. Guastello & Mark Lynn, pg. 177
Keywords: safety climate, anxiety, manufacturing, cusp catastrophe
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A Mathematical Model of 'Pride and Prejudice'.
Sergio Rinaldi, Fabio Della Rossa, & Pietro Landi, pg. 199
Keywords: love dynamics, mathematical models, dynamical systems, catastrophic bifurcations, saddle-node bifurcations, Pride and Prejudice
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Key Word Index for NDPLS Articles 1997-2013.
Stephen J. Guastello, pg. 213
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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
Keywords: nonlinear, symplectic geometry, surface electromyography, sampling frequency
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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
Keywords: collaborative play, gender differences, micro genetic analyses, dynamic modeling, complex dynamic systems approach, intra-individual variability
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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
Keywords: self-injurious behavior, orbital decomposition, nonlinear dynamics, entropy, fractal, self-organization
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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
Keywords: financial decisions, time pressure, Hurst exponent, dynamic criteria, stress, fatigue
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Invoking the Muse: Dada's Chaos.
Diane Rosen, pg. 329
Keywords: Dada, creativity, chance, chaos, disequilibrium
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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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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
Keywords: self-esteem, self-organization, time series, nonlinear dynamical systems, individual differences, 1/f noise
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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
Keywords: staff-client interactions, intellectual disabilities, social interactions, non-verbal communication, synchronization, dominance, recurrence analysis
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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
Keywords: cusp catastrophe, multilevel model, performance management system, cost performance, uncertainty
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Simulating Self-organization and Interference between Certain Hierarchical Structures.
Stanislaw Raczynski, pg. 419
Keywords: simulation, modeling, organization model, discrete event, agent-based, social simulation, soft systems
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Fractional Brownian Functions as Mathematical Models of Natural Rhythm in Architecture.
Ivana M. Cirovic, pg. 435
Keywords: fractals, analogy, structural alignment, rhythm, architecture
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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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