For the past 20 years Scott Kelso's research has focused on extending the physical concepts of self-organization and the mathematical tools of non-linear dynamics to understand how human beings (and human brains) perceive, intend, learn, control and co-ordinate complex behaviours. In this book Kelso proposes a general framework within which to connect brain, mind and behaviour. Kelso's prescription for mental life breaks with the classical computational approach that is still the operative framework for many newer psychological and neurophysiological studies. His core thesis is that the creation and evolution of patterned behaviour at all levels - from neurons to mind - is governed by the generic processes of self-organization. Both human brain and behaviour are shown to exhibit features of pattern-forming dynamical systems, including multistability, abrupt phase transitions, crises and intermittency. This work brings together different aspects of this approach to the study of human behaviour, using simple experimental examples and illustrations to convey essential concepts, strategies and methods, with a minimum of mathematics. Commencing with a general account of dynamic pattern formation, the text then takes up behaviour, focusing initially on identifying pattern-forming instabilities in human sensorimotor co-ordination. Moving back and forth between theory and experiment, it establishes the notion that the same pattern-forming mechanisms apply regardless of the component parts involved (parts of the body, parts of the nervous system, parts of society) and the medium through which the parts are coupled. Finally, employing the latest techniques to observe spatiotemporal patterns of brain activity, Kelso shows that the human brain is fundamentally a pattern forming dynamical system, poised on the brink of instability. Self-organization thus underlies the co-operative action of neurons that produces human behaviour in all its forms.

Dynamic Patterns: The Self-Organization of Brain and Behavior

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Kelso, J.A. Scott

Psychology & Counseling

Mit Pr

foreword by Hermann Haken For the past twenty years Scott Kelso's research has focused on extending the physical concepts of self- organization and the mathematical tools of nonlinear dynamics to understand how human beings (and human brains) perceive, intend, learn, control, and coordinate complex behaviors. In this book Kelso proposes a new, general framework within which to connect brain, mind, and behavior.Kelso's prescription for mental life breaks dramatically with the classical computational approach that is still the operative framework for many newer psychological and neurophysiological studies. His core thesis is that the creation and evolution of patterned behavior at all levels―from neurons to mind―is governed by the generic processes of self-organization. Both human brain and behavior are shown to exhibit features of pattern-forming dynamical systems, including multistability, abrupt phase transitions, crises, and intermittency.
Dynamic Patterns brings together different aspects of this approach to the study of human behavior, using simple experimental examples and illustrations to convey essential concepts, strategies, and methods, with a minimum of mathematics.
Kelso begins with a general account of dynamic pattern formation. He then takes up behavior, focusing initially on identifying pattern-forming instabilities in human sensorimotor coordination. Moving back and forth between theory and experiment, he establishes the notion that the same pattern-forming mechanisms apply regardless of the component parts involved (parts of the body, parts of the nervous system, parts of society) and the medium through which the parts are coupled. Finally, employing the latest techniques to observe spatiotemporal patterns of brain activity, Kelso shows that the human brain is fundamentally a pattern forming dynamical system, poised on the brink of instability. Self-organization thus underlies the cooperative action of neurons that produces human behavior in all its forms.

Dynamic Patterns: The Self-Organization of Brain and Behavior (Complex Adaptive Systems)

Bradford Books

Why do we divide our world into contraries? Why do we perceive and interpret so many of life's contraries as mutually exclusive, either/or dichotomies such as individual~collective, self~other, body~mind, nature~nurture, cooperation~competition? Throughout history, many have recognized that truth may well lie in between such polar opposites. In The Complementary Nature, Scott Kelso and David Engstrøm contend that ubiquitous contraries are complementary and propose a comprehensive, empirically based scientific theory of how the polarized world and the world in between can be reconciled. They nominate the tilde, or squiggle (~), as the symbolic punctuation for reconciled complementary pairs.
Experiments show that the human brain is capable of displaying two apparently contradictory, mutually exclusive behaviors at the same time. Coordination dynamics―a mathematically expressed theory that reconciles the scientific language of "states" with the novel dynamical language of "tendencies"―attests to the complementary nature inherent in human brains and behavior. It may explain, Kelso and Engstrøm argue, why we (and nature) appear to partition things, events, and ideas into pairs. Kelso and Engstrøm's account is not just metaphorical; the reconciliations they describe are grounded in the principles and mathematical language of the theory of coordination dynamics. The Complementary Nature provides a clear-cut methodology for this evolving theory of brain and behavior that can also be applied to areas and developments outside the neurosciences, hence aiding reconciliations within and between disparate fields.

The Complementary Nature (Bradford Books)

Engstrøm, David A.

Bradford Book

INFORMATION, COORDINATION, AND CONTROL IN MOTOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT. On the Control and Coordination of Naturally Developing Systems (P. N. Kugler, J. A. Scott Kelso, and M. T. Turvey). Development of Speech Production as a Perceptual-Motor Task (H. Pick, G. M. Siegel, and S. R. Garber). The Development of Intermodal Coordination and Motor Control (B. Jones). DEVELOPMENT OF SCHEMAS, PLANS, AND PROGRAMS. Schema Theory: Recent Evidence and Developmental Implications (D. C. Shapiro and R. A. Schmidt). The Role of Response Mechanisms in Motor Skill Development (J. E. Clark). Developing Knowledge about Action (K. M. Newell and C. R. Barclay). A Model for Movement Confidence (N. S. Griffin and J. Keogh). TIMING BEHAVIOR IN DEVELOPMENT. Timing Behavior in Children (M. G. Wade). The Development of Time-Sharing Skills (C. D. Wickens and D. C. R. Benel). FROM DESCRIPTION TO EXPLANATION: AN EMERGING VIEW. Descriptive Research and Process-Oriented Explanations of the Motor Development of Children (G. L. Rarick). Describing ``Stages22 Within and Across Motor Tasks (M. A. Robertson). Patterns, Phases or Stages: An Analytical Model for the Study of Developmental Movement (V. Seefeldt and J. Haubenstricker). Developmental Kinesiology: Toward a Subdiscipline Focusing on Motor Development (F. Smoll). Index.

The Development of movement control and coordination (Wiley series in developmental psychology)

wiley

First published in 1982. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &amp; Francis, an informa company.

Human Motor Behavior: An Introduction

Psychology Press

Either/or thinking is a major stumbling block to human development and understanding. In this book Kelso & Engstrøm offer a whole new way of looking at the world, awakening a "sixth sense" that people didn't realize they had. It draws on the profound relationship between nature's many complementary contraries and the paradigm shifting science of coordination called Coordination Dynamics. The human brain~mind, through the multi- and metastable modes of its coordination dynamics, gives rise to a sentient faculty called the squiggle sense. Nature's contraries are perceived not only as opposing polar states, but as coexisting complementary tendencies, symbolized by the squiggle (~). Use this book to nudge your brain~mind into its metastable mode again and again, to better perceive the complementary dances of contraries, and to transcend the detrimental narrow-mindedness of polarized, either/or thinking. As a "Metastabilian" you can wield your squiggle sense to enhance and advance your life!

The Squiggle Sense: Sixth Sense of the Complementary Nature and the Metastable Brain~Mind

Reference

Springer

This book brings together scientists from all over the world who have defined and developed the field of Coordination Dynamics. Grounded in the concepts of self-organization and the tools of nonlinear dynamics, appropriately extended to handle informational aspects of living things, Coordination Dynamics aims to understand the coordinated functioning of a variety of different systems at multiple levels of description. The book addresses the themes of Coordination Dynamics and Dynamic Patterns in the context of the following topics: Coordination of Brain and Behavior, Perception-Action Coupling, Control, Posture, Learning, Intention, Attention, and Cognition.

Coordination Dynamics: Issues and Trends

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