Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences, Vol. 21,2017
@2017 Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences


Volume 21, Issue 1, Jan, 2017

Cover Art: 'Dark Within'.
Candace Wark & Shirley Nannini
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Fishing Quotas, Induced Allee Effect, and Fluctuation-Driven Extinction.
Harold M Hastings, Michael Radin, & Tamas Wiandt, pg. 1
Keywords: Fishery collapse, Gordon-Schafer-Munro model, harvest quota, environmental noise, generalized random walk with drift, expected survival time test
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How to Modify Psychopathological States? Hypotheses Based on Complex Systems Theory.
Hermann Haken & Wolfgang Tschacher, pg. 19
Keywords: psychotherapy, psychopathological disorder, synergetics, self-organization, affordance, common factors
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Honing Theory: A Complex Systems Framework for Creativity.
Liane Gabora, pg. 35
Keywords: complex adaptive system, cultural evolution, psychological entropy, restructuring, self-organized criticality
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A Cusp Catastrophe Model of Tax Behavior.
Ioannis Katerelos & Nikolaos Varotsis, pg. 89
Keywords: tax behavior, tax evasion, fear, peer-pressure, cusp catastrophe
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Cover Images: Flow Visualization.
Candace Wark & Shirley Nannini, pg. 113
Keywords: flow visualization, smoke-wire technique
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Book Review: Consciousness by Rocco J. Gennaro and A day in the life of the brain: The neuroscience of consciousness from dawn to dusk by Susan Greenfield.
pg. 117
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Book Review: Iron Has Memory, Rocks Breathe Slowly, Crystals Learn, by Keith Q. Owen, A. Steven Dietz, and Robert 'Skip' Culbertson.
pg. 120
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Book Review: Grasping the Moment by Christopher Baber and Richard McMaster.
pg. 122
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Book Review: The Complexity of Human Communication (2nd ed.) by Philip J. Salem.
pg. 126
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Volume 21, Issue 2, Apr, 2017

Cover Art: 'Surge'.
Candace Wark & Shirley Nannini
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Dynamical Systems Theory in Quantitative Psychology and Cognitive Science: A Fair Discrimination between Deterministic and Statistical Counterparts is Required.
Adam Gadomski, Marcel Ausloos, & Tahlia Casey, pg. 129
Keywords: dynamical systems theory, initial conditions, deterministic vs. statistical, exponential distribution, power law
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Positive Disintegration as a Process of Symmetry Breaking.
Krystyna Laycraft, pg. 143
Keywords: symmetry breaking, self-organization, pattern formation, complexity, phase transition, emotion, human development
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Temporal Dynamics of Rituals in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
Robert W. Bond, Jr., Stephen J. Guastello, & Andrea D. Guastello, pg. 159
Keywords: obsessive-compulsive disorder, orbital decomposition, symbolic dynamics, turbulence
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Cooperative Learning and Interpersonal Synchrony.
Roy Vink, Maarten L. Wijnants, Antonius H. N. Cillessen, & Anna M. T. Bosman, pg. 189
Keywords: cooperative learning, interpersonal synchrony, postural sway, popularity, task performance
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Performance and Participation Dynamics in an Emergency Response Simulation.
Stephen J. Guastello, David E. Marra, Julian Castro, Maribeth Gomez, & Claire Perna, pg. 217
Keywords: Stag Hunt, game theory, team performance, participation, Lyapunov exponent, replication
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Discovering Hidden Temporal Patterns in Behavior and Interaction: T-Pattern Detection and Analysis with THEME by Magnus S. Magnusson, Judee K. Burgoon, & Maurizio Casarrubea (Eds.).
pg. 251
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Manuscripts Accepted for Publication.
pg. 254
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Volume 21, Issue 3, Jul, 2017

Cover Art: 'Horse'.
Candace Wark & Shirley Nannini
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Allometric Control of Affective Fluctuations in Early Adolescents: Their Association with Anxiety Symptoms and Temperament Traits.
Aina Fiol-Veny, Alejandro De la Torre-Luque, Maria Balle, & Xavier Bornas, pg. 255
Keywords: multistability, mood, anxiety, worry, adolescence
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The Role of Dysfunctional Myths in a Decision-Making Process under Bounded Rationality: A Complex Dynamical Systems Perspective.
Dimitrios Stamovlasis & Julie Vaiopoulou, pg. 267
Keywords: bounded rationality, dysfunctional myths, irrational thoughts, cusp catastrophe, decision making, CDDQ, career decisions
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Attractor Dynamics of Dyadic Interaction: A Recurrence Based Analysis.
Marlenny Guevara, Ralf F. A. Cox, Marijn van Dijk, & Paul van Geert, pg. 289
Keywords: cross-recurrence quantification analysis (CRQA), dyadic interaction, interpersonal coordination, problem-solving, reasoning
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Turn Taking, Team Synchronization, and Non-stationarity in Physiological Time Series.
Stephen J. Guastello, David E. Marra, Julian Castro, Michael Equi, & Anthony F. Peressini, pg. 319
Keywords: stationarity, time series, synchronization, emergency response, neuroergonomics
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Modeling Change in Project Duration and Completion: Scheduling Dynamics of NASA s Exploration Flight Test 1 (EFT-1) Activities.
Travis J. Wiltshire, Jonathan E. Butner, & Zachary Pirtle, pg. 335
Keywords: attractor dynamics, dynamical systems, management, scheduling, organization
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Nonlinearities in Behavioral Macroeconomics.
Orlando Gomes, pg. 359
Keywords: behavioral macroeconomics, nonlinear dynamics, complex systems, local interaction
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Volume 21, Issue 4, Oct, 2017

Cover Art: 'Zen'.
Candace Wark & Shirley Nannini
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Introduction: Walter J. Freeman III (January 30, 1927 - April 24, 2016).
William H. Sulis & Irina Trofimova, pg. 387
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Activity during Learning and the Nonlinear Differentiation of Experience.
Yuri I. Alexandrov, Andrei K. Krylov, & Karina R. Arutyunova, pg. 391
Keywords: intentionality, brain, behavior, individual development
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Modeling Stochastic Complexity in Complex Adaptive Systems: Non-Kolmogorov Probability and the Process Algebra Approach.
William H. Sulis, pg. 407
Keywords: intrinsic randomness, nonstationarity, non-Kolmogorov probability, contextuality, process algebras
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Functional Constructivism: In Search of Formal Descriptors.
Irina Trofimova, pg. 441
Keywords: functional constructivism, contingency cycles, ZPD, diagonal evolution, neurotransmitters
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Walter Freeman III and the Chaotic Nature of Dreams.
Allan Combs & Stanley Krippner, pg. 475
Keywords: dreaming, brain, chaos theory, autopoiesis, self-organization, REM sleep, PGO activity
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Isotopic Self-Organization as an Informational Factor in Biological Systems.
Alexander A. Berezin & Vladimir V. Gridin, pg. 485
Keywords: isotopes, genetic code, radioactivity, randomness, self-organization
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The Extended Trust Hypothesis: Single-Attractor Self-Contagion in Day-to-Day Changes in Implicit Positive Affect Predicts Action-Oriented Coping and Psychological Symptoms.
Julius Kuhl, Olga Mitina, & Sander L. Koole, pg. 505
Keywords: mood diary, implicit affect, self-confrontational coping, action orientation, emotional regulation, mental health
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Applying the Neurodynamics of Emotional Circular Causalities in Psychosocial and Cognitive Therapy using Multi-Sensory Environments: An ORBDE Case Study Analysis.
Janice Ryan, pg. 519
Keywords: mesoscopic brain dynamics, circular causalities, perception, attention, meaning
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Comparing the Cognitive Process of Circular Causality in Two Patients with Strokes through Qualitative Analysis.
Seyed Alireza Derakhshanrad, Emily Piven, & Bahareh Zeynalzadeh Ghoochani, pg. 555
Keywords: nonlinear dynamics, neuroscience, intentionality, meaning, perception
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Manuscripts Accepted for Publication / Ad hoc Reviewers for 2016.
pg. 569
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